Google’s Pixel 7 series is the upcoming successor to the company’s successful Pixel 6 series. Google teased the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro at its annual developer conference in May, giving us an idea of what to expect from the company’s upcoming flagship lineup. Thanks to announcements made at Google I/O, we know that both devices will arrive in the fall with a new version of the Google Tensor processor, Android 13, and a more polished version of the Pixel 6 overall design.
That said, there’s still a lot we don’t know. But that’s where the rumor mill comes in — helping us fill in the missing pieces until the official event in the fall. Here’s a look at what we know about Google’s Pixel 7 series.
Release date: Pixel 7 could be released in October (unconfirmed)
Google’s flagship phone has been around for years since the first-generation Pixel was unveiled to the world in October. (Except for the Pixel 5, which was released at the end of September) Unless supply chain issues and other macro factors worsen, it is safe to say that the Pixel 7 will be officially released in October. Leaker Jon Prosser tweeted that the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro will indeed launch alongside the Pixel Watch that month.
Processor: Pixel 7 will run on second-gen Tensor chip (confirmed)
Google‘s in-house chip, called the Tensor chip, debuted in the Pixel 6 series. Google will continue to use its own chips to wrap its phones in the upcoming Pixel 7 series. The company said in May that it would receive the second-generation Tensor chipset. The announcement isn’t surprising: Google took on the expensive and complicated task of developing an in-house chipset, so why not use that chipset in its phones?
Some of the chip’s enhancements are evident in the Pixel 6’s camera system, which has new features not found on previous Pixel devices. These include Magic Eraser, which removes unwanted objects from photos, and Real Tone, which depicts skin tones more accurately. While we don’t know much about the second-generation Tensor chips, we might expect similar machine learning-based improvements.
Design: Pixel 7 changes bar and camera cutout (confirmed)
Last year’s Pixel 6 upended the design that’s been used on the past five generations of Pixel phones. After that design overhaul, Google has only made improvements to its now-iconic aesthetic. Remember the black camera bar that spanned the width of the chassis? This year, the strip will be made from recycled aluminum and flow into the side rails of the device, making the camera cutout more visible.
Design: Pixel 7 with hole-punch front camera (confirmed)
Images shared by Google in May showed that the Pixel 7 will have a pill-shaped camera notch, while the Pixel 7 Pro will have a punch-hole cutout and a pillbox cutout, which together form a sort of side exclamation mark that houses three cameras.
Cameras: Pixel 7 Pro will have three rear cameras, Pixel 7 will have two (confirmed)
Google renders show the Pixel 7 Pro will also have a triple rear camera system like the 6 Pro, while the base Pixel 7 appears to have two rear cameras like the standard Pixel 6. As far as cameras go, we haven’t confirmed much beyond that, but the images seem to suggest that Google will stick to the Pixel 7 Pro’s standard wide-angle, ultra-wide-angle, and telephoto configurations.
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