Android Help Weekly Superthread (Aug 02 2021) - Your weekly thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

Weekly Superthread (Aug 02 2021) - Your weekly thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!
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Pixel 6 pre-release information megathread

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 09:22 AM PDT

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Here's a sneak peek at the newest Google Phones powered by Google Tensor - the brand new chip designed by Google, custom-made for Pixel.

Meet:

📱 #Pixel6

📱 #Pixel6 Pro

Both are coming later this year.

We'll tell you a little about them in this🧵👇

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Let's start outside and work our way in.

#Pixel6 Pro will come in three color combos.

#Pixel6 has three color combos too.

Pro tip (ha!) - the Pixel phones with more space above the camera bar = #Pixel6 Pro

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Hello 📷 bar!

#Pixel6 Pro has 3 cameras, including a telephoto lens with a 4x optical zoom.

#Pixel6 has the same great cameras as #Pixel6 Pro, just no telephoto. We're leaving telephoto to the pros, you could say 😉

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Hey, we're just going to call it #Pixel6 for the rest of this 🧵, but we mean both #Pixel6 and #Pixel6 Pro. Cool? Cool.

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We made a chip!

#Pixel6 is powered by our first ever smartphone SoC: meet Google Tensor

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The highlight of Tensor is that it can process Google's most powerful AI and ML models directly on #Pixel6.

You'll see a transformed experience for the camera 📷, speech recognition 🗣 and many other Pixel 6 features.

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We wish we could show you some Camera examples on #Pixel6, but that will need to wait.

That said if you want to see what #TeamPixel can already do with a Pixel camera, check out our IG: https://instagram.com/googlepixel/

(shameless plug, sorry)

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Alright, let's talk UI.

Remember Material You from I/O?

(friendly reminder if you don't have it bookmarked like us: https://youtu.be/Mlk888FiI8A?t=4410)

Take a quick watch. We'll give you a minute.

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Material You will be best on #Pixel6.

The colors, the camera, the form, and what's on the screen all work together in a single, fluid experience.

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Switching ⚙ a bit. Let's talk speech.

Speech recognition is another foundational technology where you will see a huge improvement in #Pixel6.

Google Tensor allows us to make big leaps in:

Voice commands Translation Captioning & Dictation

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Last #Pixel6 area we're going to share for now.

🔒

#Pixel6 is also built with the most layers of hardware security in any phone.* 🛡

*Based on count of separate hardware security layers

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Alright. One last piece of info: #Pixel6 and #Pixel6 Pro, powered by the brand new Google Tensor chip, are coming this fall. 🎉

That's all we're going to share for now. 🤐

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Thanks #TeamPixel for hanging out for a preview of our first inside and out Google phones, #Pixel6 and #Pixel6 Pro.

For more images and to sign up to for additional info → https://goo.gle/3zQHdMN

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Links and articles

Google Tensor debuts on the new Pixel 6 this fall (Google blog post)

Google Store page

So excited to share our new custom Google Tensor chip, which has been 4 yrs in the making (📎 for scale)! Tensor builds off of our 2 decades of computing experience and it's our biggest innovation in Pixel to date. Will be on Pixel 6 + Pixel 6 Pro in fall. https://blog.google/products/pixel (Sundar Pichai on Twitter)

This is the Pixel 6, Google's take on an 'ultra high end' phone (The Verge)

Google confirms 'Pixel 6' and 'Pixel 6 Pro' name w/ 'Tensor' chip, coming this fall (9to5google)

Google gives the world its first official glimpse of the Pixel 6 (TechCrunch)

Google's Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will use AI everywhere (engadget)

Google reveals the Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, and its first custom smartphone chipset (Android Police)

Google formally confirms Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro: See official renders here! (Android Authority)

The Pixel 6 feels like the first real, premium Google phone (Android Central)