Android 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!
Pixel 6 pre-release information megathread
Google Tensor debuts on the new Pixel 6 this fall
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Weekly Superthread (Aug 02 2021) - Your weekly thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 05:00 AM PDT

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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)

Pixel 6 and 6 Pro unveiled: Google's new phones sport chip designed in-house (CNET)

Google teases the Pixel 6 series with its custom Google Tensor chip (XDA)

YouTube Videos

Sneak Peak: Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, the Completely Reimagined Google Phones

Pixel 6's Tensor Chip: Let's Talk! (MKBHD)

Google Pixel 6: Now we know (The Verge)

The Pixel 6 will be the first phone to use Google's new Tensor SOC (engadget)

Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro get official (CNET)

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Google Tensor debuts on the new Pixel 6 this fall

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 09:00 AM PDT

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Google rep teases Pixel 6 pricing: Pixel 6 Pro 'will be expensive', Pixel 6 will be in the 'upper segment'.

Posted: 03 Aug 2021 12:01 AM PDT

Rick Osterloh, SVP Devices & Services at Google, briefly talked about pricing and market segments in an interview with German magazine "Der Spiegel".

Deepl translation:

SPIEGEL: Google has been selling its own smartphones since 2010. Are the new devices an attempt to gain market share in the premium segment?

Osterloh: We haven't been in the flagship smartphone segment for the past two years - and before that, not really. But the Pixel 6 Pro, which will be expensive, was designed specifically for users who want the latest technology. That's an important, new approach for us, and we believe it will help us be attractive in new market segments. But the Pixel 6 also belongs to the upper segment and can keep up with competing products. I would describe it as a "mainstream premium product".

Source in German.

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Hey #TeamPixel, we have a preview to share on new Pixel phones! Come back in 30 minutes. - Made By Google

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 08:35 AM PDT

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Gboard gets dedicated settings for 'Emojis, Stickers & GIFs'

Posted: 02 Aug 2021 10:01 PM PDT