Google confirms Pixel 6 launch event on 19 October

(Pocket-lint) - Google has officially confirmed that its adjacent smartphones, the Pixel 6 and the Pixel 6 Pro, volition beryllium announced connected 19 October astatine Google's Pixel Fall Launch.

Over the past fewer years - 2020 being a spot of an objection - Google has had an October motorboat wherever it has shown disconnected its hardware devices. This is wherever the Pixel phones are traditionally revealed, alongside a scope of different technologies and sometimes different hardware.

Unlike Apple wherever secrecy is cardinal earlier immoderate caller merchandise launch, Google is alternatively much laissez-faire astir the full thing.

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The institution came guardant and confirmed a scope of specs and details antecedently and doesn't look to get flustered by leaks - alternatively it has confirmed immoderate rumours - including announcing that the telephone would beryllium moving connected Tensor, it's homegrown chip.

That means we cognize a batch much astir what the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro look similar than we would for different instrumentality launches, but there's inactive a batch to learn.

Google has agelong taken the attack that AI and instrumentality learning play a immense relation successful the improvement of devices alternatively than conscionable hardware, and there's nary wherever that is much evident than successful the cameras.

Recent photographic advances thin connected computational photography alternatively than hardware - deliberation Night Mode oregon Portrait Mode - allowing Google to rotation advancements backmost to devices that are overmuch older, thing different manufacturers mightiness beryllium reluctant to do.

That means that contempt america each knowing what these Pixel phones look like, we don't each cognize what they volition bash and what clever AI features Google mightiness announce.

The lawsuit is acceptable for 19 October and it volition instrumentality spot astatine 10am Pacific time, truthful that volition beryllium 6pm UK time. We'll spot you there!

Writing by Chris Hall. Originally published connected 5 October 2021.