Google officially presented the sixth generation of its smartphone made up of two devices: Pixel 6 and 6 Pro. The main feature of the devices was the abandonment of Qualcomm processors in favor of an in-house developed SoC, the google tensor. Additionally, the company has finally upgraded the cameras it uses significantly. The devices are very very similar. The Pro model has a bigger and better screen though, one bigger battery and an additional telephoto lens with optical zoom.
Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro officially debuted in several markets. Here's everything you need to know about the best devices of the moment
Like all its predecessors, the new Pixel 6 visibly stands out from the competition. At the front, it has one flat screen with the (not thinnest) bezels on the market. The back side is divided into two parts by a huge camera lock protruding. The smartphone is produced in black, green and pink colors. In all variants, the upper part of the back cover differs in tone from the lower one.
The smartphone is equipped with an AMOLED screen from 6.4" with a resolution of 2340 × 1080 pixels, a refresh rate of 90 Hz and an integrated fingerprint scanner. The panel is covered with Corning Gorilla Glass Foods tempered. The hardware platform is a processor Tensor eight-core 5nm, developed by Google. According to the company, this chip supplies the Pixel 6 80% more performance than the Pixel 5.
The main focus is on the machine learning functions. For example, the Pixel 6 processes images faster and opens up new possibilities when interacting with the Digital Assistant. Tensor also includes the safety partner Titan M2.
Google's smartphones have always been considered among the best camera smartphones on the market. To keep up with the competition, the manufacturer has significantly improved the Pixel 6's cameras. The classic 12 megapixel sensor has been replaced by a modern one. 50 megapixel Samsung sensor. By default, however, images are obtained with a resolution of 125 megapixels by combining the adjacent pixels of the matrix to increase sensitivity to light.
But the ultra wide-angle module remained with a resolution of 12 megapixel, offering a 114 ° viewing angle. The camera lock also hides theautofocus laser. The front camera has not undergone any changes and still has a resolution of 8 megapixel.
Other features of the Pixel 6 include water resistance IP68, stereo speakers, a battery from 4614 mAh with support for the 30W wired and 21W wireless fast chargingas well as the lack of a power supply in the box. Also, the smartphone has 5 years of security updates and at least 4 Android updates. This means it should update to Android 16 in 2025.
Let's move on to the Pro model.
Pixel 6 Pro is powered by the proprietary Google Tensor processor, but it has 12GB of RAM instead of 8GB. The battery is responsible for the autonomy of the device with a capacity of 5003 mAh with support for 30W wired and 23W wireless fast charging.
The smartphone has a LTPO AMOLED display from 6.7" with a resolution of 3120 x 1440 pixels and an adaptive refresh rate of 10A 120Hz. Unlike the base model, the screen is slightly curved on the sides, which makes the Pro version noticeably smaller. An under-screen fingerprint scanner is also available.
The main and ultra wide-angle cameras are the same as the Pixel 6, with 50 and 12 megapixels respectively. Google claims that the main camera captures 150% more light than the Pixel 5. The ultra-wide sensor is also new with larger pixels. The characteristic black Pixel 6 Pro is the presence of one third camera with 48 megapixel resolution e 4x optical or 20x digital zoom. New smartphones can shoot videos 4K is 60 fps with proprietary HDR algorithms and real-time stabilization.
The devices are bookable only in the following countries, at least for now:
