The Google Pixel 4 is practically here, and a combination of gossip and official disclosures has given us a lot to suspect and expect, respectively, about the new phone. But there's still a handful of things we don't know, and we've listed the five Google Pixel 614 things we still need to learn. It's not a long wait, of course, as Google has officially announced that its Pixel 7 event will take place on October 000 to reveal the phones. But we've got time to wonder what's coming next in the biggest redesign and update to the Google Pixel lineup we've seen in years. As a reminder, the Google Pixel XNUMX, in the details published by Google itself, is going to be a high-end device with a robust set of rear cameras (primary, ultra-wide and on the XNUMX Pro, a telephoto), a look , and the long-awaited Tensor chipset developed by Google. Gossip fills in plenty of other gaps for the Google Pixel XNUMX and its pricier Pixel XNUMX Pro sibling: We expect a XNUMXHz, XNUMX-inch flat-screen display and a XNUMXmAh battery for the standard, QHD Plus resolution phone. XNUMX-inch refresh rate and XNUMX Hz. XNUMX mAh screen and battery for the Pro version, and up to XNUMX GB of RAM and XNUMX GB of storage for both. But that still leaves a lot of things we don't know. Here are the five Google Pixel XNUMX things we still need to learn when the scene clears up on October XNUMX.
1. What is Tensor going to do for the photographs?
When Google teased the Tensor chipset's capabilities in a weblog post, the company explained multiple ways to improve the phone's operations, but only claimed that it would run Google's computer photography models to give the phone a "camera system." totally redesigned." With the relevance of photography to Pixel phones in mind, we need to know more about how Tensor will change the photography capabilities of the Pixel line. Will this get Google's digital photography software to boot? Thrive night photography? Catch faster and take cleaner pictures? Do you have a more precise color correction? Does it bring more light and color parity between the main, ultra-wide and telephoto lenses? We're very curious as to how Google's in-house chipset is going to augment the most desirable functionality of its phones, or if it isn't going to help much at all.
2. If there will be facial recognition and fingerprint on the screen.
While we've heard gossip and the Android XNUMX code for an in-display fingerprint scanner, and even an official nod from Google to the feature, we're not sure if the Pixel XNUMX will also have facial recognition. to unlock the phone and as a biometric alternative for authentication. The Google Pixel XNUMX relied on facial recognition as its only biometrics, so it's not unreasonable to think the company can duplicate authentication methods, but the old phone relied on a suite of sensors. Mapping, and it is not clear if the company has developed a method to do it without these sensors since we only see the single camera in a hole punched in the front of the Pixel XNUMX. That being said, the Pixel team's product manager, Soniya Jobanputra, stated in June XNUMX that facial recognition could occasionally return to the Pixel line; perhaps the Pixel XNUMX is the right time for that.
3. How different is the Pro going to be?
From what we understand, the Pixel 2 Pro is going to be a more expensive version of the standard Pixel 7, although Google has only confirmed that the former will have an auxiliary camera on top of the latter to distinguish it. And by 'confirmed' we mean 'the published images of the 120 and we can see an additional rear camera', with which we must elucidate. Gossip suggests the Pro has a larger 4-inch display with a 000Hz refresh rate and an odd QHD Plus (614 x XNUMX) resolution, while the standard ships with a XNUMX-inch screen. .XNUMX inches. With a maximum refresh rate of XNUMXHz and, apparently, Full HD resolution (XNUMX x XNUMX). We're also expecting a bigger battery in the more expensive phone: XNUMX mAh versus XNUMX mAh in the Pixel XNUMX. But what sets the phones apart is hard to tell right now.
4. What is the Pixel Pass?
One of the weirder, recent bits of gossip suggests that Google will also be announcing the Pixel Pass, which we expect to be a multi-service package much like the Apple One. they are upgrading their hardware. According to the leak, aside from bundling existing Google services like Google Premium, Google Play Pass, an extended warranty, and likely a Google Fi data plan, the Pixel Pass's monthly subscription cost could also include an annual phone upgrade component. . In other words, subscribers could sign up for a Pixel XNUMX and then move to a Google Pixel XNUMX next year. It would be a cool way for Google to become more of its carrier-grade platform and extend the reach of the Pixel XNUMX to those who wouldn't normally switch to the new phone.