Pixel 7 series: What we know about Google’s upcoming phones

Google’s Pixel 7 series had its first teaser earlier this year and will have its bigger reveal on October 6th Made By Google event in NYC. Already, rumors about the price of the Pixel 7 are popping up, such as one from Android Police founder Artem Russakovksii. In a tweet on Thursday, he posted an image of the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro prices from what he believes to be a reliable source. If Russakovskii’s unnamed source is correct, the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will cost $599 and $899, respectively, the same prices as last year’s devices.

Google first announced the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro annual developer conference in May, giving us an idea of ​​what to expect from the company’s forthcoming flagship lineup. Thanks to the announcements below Google I/Owe know that both devices will come this fall with a new version of Google’s Tensor processor, Android 13, and a more refined version of the pixels 6 General design.

That said, there’s still a lot of things we don’t know. And that’s where the rumor mill comes in – to help us fill in the missing pieces (at least some of them) in time for the official event on October 6th. We recommend bookmarking this page as we update it whenever we get a whiff of credible rumors.

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Release Date: Pixel 7 Expected to Launch in October (Confirmed)

Google’s flagship phones have been launching in October for years since the first-gen Pixel was unveiled to the world. (Well, everyone except that pixels 5which was presented at the end of September.) Google’s announcement of its event on October 6th was accompanied by a video showing the Pixel 7 series, making it clear that the phone will be the focus of the event.

Processor: Pixel 7 runs on second generation Tensor chip (confirmed)

Google’s proprietary silicon, known as the Tensor chip, made its debut in the Pixel 6 series. And Google will continue to pack its own chips into its phones with the upcoming Pixel 7 lineup. It will receive a second-generation Tensor chipset, the company announced in May. This announcement is not surprising: Google has taken on the costly and complex task of developing an internal chipset, so why not use this chipset in its phones?

Some of the chip’s improvements are evident in the Pixel 6’s camera system, which has new features not available on previous Pixel devices. These include Magic Eraser, which erases unwanted objects in photos, and Real Tone, which more accurately reproduces skin tones. While we don’t know much about the second-gen Tensor chip yet, we can probably expect similar machine learning-based improvements.

Design: Pixel 7 changes bars and camera cutouts (Confirmed)

Last year’s Pixel 6 flipped the design on its head that the last five generations of Pixel phones have otherwise clung to. Following this design overhaul, Google is simply refining its now signature aesthetic. Remember that black camera bar that runs the full width of the case? This year, the bar will be made from recycled aluminum and will flow into the device’s side rails, making the camera cutouts more visible. (The Pixel 6 series had a thick black bar that stopped abruptly at the edges).

Design: Pixel 7 with punch-hole front camera (confirmed)

Images shared by Google in May show that the Pixel 7 will have a pill-shaped camera notch, while the Pixel 7 Pro will feature a punch-hole cutout and a pillbox cutout, which together form a sort of side exclamation point and house three cameras.

Cameras: Pixel 7 Pro has three rear cameras, Pixel 7 has two (confirmed)

Google renders show that the Pixel 7 Pro will also have a triple rear camera system, like the 6 Pro, while the base Pixel 7 appears to have dual rear cameras, like the standard Pixel 6. As far as cameras go, we don’t have that have confirmed a lot more beyond that, but the images seem to show that Google will stick with standard wide, ultra wide and telephoto configurations on the Pixel 7 Pro.