The Future of Android: What We Can Expect from Google's Next Devices

As we continue to await the latest announcements from Google, we can't help but feel a sense of excitement and curiosity about what the company has in store for us. In recent months, we've seen several rumors and leaks about upcoming devices, including the Pixel 7 and its potential features. One of the most intriguing aspects of these leaks is the possibility of a foldable Pixel device.

A foldable Pixel would be a game-changer in the world of smartphones. The idea of a foldable phone is no longer brand new, but Google gets to leverage data from other manufacturers like Oppo, Motorola, and Samsung. This means that Google can learn from their successes and failures, and use this information to create a better product.

Samsung's Galaxy Fold has been around for three years, and while it was initially clunky, the company has revised its design over time to make it more sleek and user-friendly. The foldable phone market is still in its early stages, but Samsung's efforts have shown that there is a real market for these devices.

Android's initial foray into tablets was messy, with developers having to create apps that ran on all sorts of screen sizes. However, with the introduction of Android 12L, Google seems to be moving in a different direction. The company has given up on making its own Android tablets, instead focusing on partnering with other companies to bring high-quality devices to market.

The idea of a foldable Pixel is not new, but it's an intriguing one. A device that can seamlessly transition between phone and tablet modes would be incredibly useful. It would also give Google the opportunity to experiment with different form factors and designs, which could lead to some exciting innovations.

As for the Pixel 7, rumors suggest that the design will be similar to the Pixel 6, but with some key differences. The camera belt on the back of the device is expected to be more integrated into the overall body, and there may be a new 512GB storage option available. We can also expect the device to have improved performance, thanks to advancements in Google's Tensor processor.

One area that we're particularly curious about is the potential for advanced offline capabilities. The first generation of Tensor processors offered some impressive features, including speech recognition and improved battery life. We can only speculate what advances will be made in this area, but it's clear that Google is committed to creating devices that are both powerful and efficient.

The Pixel SE is also expected to make an appearance, with rumors suggesting a design that's similar to the Pixel 6 series. The camera bumps on these devices give them a distinctive look, and we're not sure if we'll see this feature carried over into the new device. However, one practical advantage of the camera belt on the Pixel is that it provides a sense of stability when placing the phone on a desk.

As we wait for Google's next announcements, we can't help but feel excited about what's to come. The company has a reputation for innovation and creativity, and we're confident that they'll deliver something amazing with their next devices. Whether it's a foldable Pixel or an improved version of the Pixel SE, one thing is clear: Google is pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the world of smartphones.

The camera belt on the back of the 7 Pro could be merged with the frame, giving the device a sleeker look. The resulting design would feature three cameras: a primary wide-angle camera, a periscope telephoto camera, and an ultra-wide camera. This configuration would provide users with a versatile camera system that can capture a wide range of shots.

The Pixel 7, on the other hand, is expected to have a similar design to the Pixel 6, but with some key differences. The screen size is rumored to be in the neighborhood of 6.2 inches to 6.4 inches. We're also expecting to see improved performance from the device's Tensor processor, although no specific details have been announced.

There's also news about the Pixel 7 storage options. According to a report at Carhp.com, there will be a 128GB, 256GB, and new 512GB version available. More storage is always good, as it provides users with more flexibility when it comes to storing their files, apps, and other data.

The foldable Pixel concept may seem daunting, but we believe that Google's involvement in the market could lead to some exciting innovations. With Samsung's expertise in foldable design, combined with Google's commitment to creating high-quality devices, we're confident that a foldable Pixel would be a hit with users.

As for the Pixel SE, rumors suggest that it will have a similar design to the Pixel 6 series. However, there are some key differences expected between the two devices. The camera belts on the Pixels give them a distinctive look and feel, and we're not sure if this feature will be carried over into the new device.

Google's next announcements are eagerly awaited by fans around the world. With a history of innovation and creativity, it's clear that the company is committed to pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the world of smartphones. Whether it's a foldable Pixel or an improved version of the Pixel SE, one thing is certain: Google will deliver something amazing with their next devices.

In conclusion, the future of Android looks bright, and we're excited to see what Google has in store for us. With rumors of a foldable Pixel device, improved performance from the Tensor processor, and new storage options, it's clear that the company is committed to innovation and creativity. As we await the next announcements, one thing is certain: Google will deliver something amazing with their next devices.

The potential features of the Pixel 7 are still shrouded in mystery, but one thing is clear: Google is pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the world of smartphones. With a commitment to innovation and creativity, we're confident that the company will deliver something amazing with their next devices.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enapparently there are lots of pixels in the works there's the seven the seven pro and maybe a foldable let's talk about it keep this in mind that nothing is official google has not previewed anything as of yet this video is based on the slew of reports out there right now we should have time codes for the pixel 7 pro and the 7 so you can jump to those if you want but we're going to start with the foldable one since it's probably the most interesting there have been reports about a foldable pixel for a while way back in september of 2021 the ever reliable fblast tweeted this heard from someone i trust that the foldable pixel code name passport retail branding unknown will indeed launch before the end of the year apparently they've been working on this device for over two years and if the p6 is any indication it'll be worth a look so that was 2021 and we obviously did not see the launch of a foldable pixel but wait there's more nine to five google found some information about another foldable pixel with the code name pipet they found this out by digging into a build of android 12 l beta android 12l is focused on larger screened android devices there are a couple of animations that may give us an idea of what a foldable google pixel would look like in one animation you see what looks like a folded phone with a hinge on the left screen on the front buttons on the right and a place to put your sim card there's a second animation showing what looks like the same device but opened up this time there's a large inner screen the buttons remain on the right the sim tray is centered on the left panel nine to five google also did some measurements and they figure the aspect ratio of the internal display is around seven by eight the shape of the device is drawn comparison to the oppo find n that's a phone that's available only in china you can see it's kind of a short and wide device no matter whether it's opened or closed when cnet's eli blumenthal tried out that device he said that when he dragged his fingers across the 7.1 inch display it felt like a regular tablet the crease is not that noticeable when the n is open does that mean that the pixel foldable will be the same as the apple n not necessarily however if google is entering the foldable phone market it has some options when it comes to sourcing displays as that technology is maturing let's talk about specs nine to five google had some reports on this the foldable would be powered by google's tensor chip the same one that's in the pixel 6 series that's a curiosity you would think that the foldable will be powered by whatever's in the pixel seven nine to five google also had a report from late last year about the cameras on the foldable in fact that report was really really detailed it said that the foldable will not use the pixel six's megapixel samsung gn1 sensor instead it will use a 12.2 megapixel sony camera which can be found on the pixels 3 through 5a so this new foldable google phone has some interesting specs and attributes it may have a squarish inner screen it could be powered by the pixel 6 tensor the cameras could be a bit of a downgrade from the six as well why is this it could be about the pricing nine to five google says that google is aiming for a fourteen hundred dollar price point now the six costs around six hundred dollars the pro starts at around nine hundred dollars the most expensive six pro with a half a terabyte of storage tops out at around eleven hundred dollars so it would be a bit extra to get a foldable google phone if you look at the folding competition the samsung zflip3 costs around a thousand dollars the galaxy z fold three starts at just eighteen hundred dollars the google foldable would be in that middle spot if the company makes some trade-offs it seems possible to hit that 1400 price point when would we see this device well a tweet by the ceo of display supply chain consultants ross young said it's back looks like google's foldable pixel will start panel production in q3 2022 and launch in q4 2022 well that's a pretty safe bet the pixel launches are usually in october which is in the fourth quarter young also tweeted that the pixel 7 will shrink from 6.4 inches to 6.3 the pixel 7 pro will stick to 6.7 inches so let's talk about that pixel 7 pro on leaks tweeted this out here comes your very first and very early look at the google pixel 7 pro he included a link to smart pre dot com which had a lot of renders and a pixel 7 pro 360 degree view remember these images are not official however accurate pixel hardware information seems to leak out every year and on leaks is pretty reliable i'll run down some specs while we show you some of the renders this report says that the pixel 7 pro would have a 6.7 or 6.8 inch screen there would be a single punch hole front-facing camera the oled panel would have a refresh rate that will quote challenge samsung's current flagship the s22 ultra for comparison the s22 ultra has a variable refresh rate samsung claims that the s22 ultra can go from 120 hertz all the way down to 1 hertz the pixel 6 pro also has a dynamic 120 hertz refresh rate that can drop down to 10 hertz the idea behind these dynamic rates is so your phone can save on battery life if it does not have to show you something at a super high frame rate all the time you'll get more time on your phone the camera belt on the back of the 7 pro could be merged with the frame that camera belt would have three cameras a primary wide angle camera a periscope telephoto camera and probably an ultra wide camera rounding out things are stereo speakers and a usbc port well what about the pixel seven don't you worry on leaks also tweeted out renders of what he says is the pixel 7. guess what it looks similar to the pixel 6 and a bit like the pixel 7 pro renders let's go straight to that camera belt it's more integrated into the overall body of the device like the 7 pro the belt would stick with two cameras not three like the pro the screen size would be in the neighborhood of 6.2 inches to 6.4 inches the report over at carhp.com did not have any information about the refresh rate on the 7. however that same report did mention some news on the pixel 7 storage there'd be a 128 gig 256 gig and a new 512 gig version more storage is always good okay so that was a lot of information we're going to break some of this down and please let me know what you think of these phones in the comments i think a foldable pixel seems like a good idea mostly because the idea of a foldable phone is no longer brand new google gets to leverage data from other manufacturers like oppo motorola and most importantly samsung and it's not like google will just learn from samsung's public dealings it could get insight directly from the company samsung and google have gotten very tight over the past few years samsung worked with google to make wear os better and maybe a real alternative to the apple watch then they're samsung's foldable phones the galaxy fold has been around for three years the first one was a bit clunky and that internal camera cut out was a bit funky but what a marvel of engineering tons of cameras a screen to use when the device is closed and another huge flexible display on the inside through the years samsung has revised the fold into a much more sleek product after getting feedback samsung and competitors seem to think there is a real market for foldable android tablets as long as they have a regular phone attached google got on board with all of this in october of 2021 with the introduction of android 12l when it comes to android and tablets it's been i'll say it a mess android's initial foray into tablets was all messed up because android is inherently different than the apple model developers had to make apps that ran on all kinds of screen sizes because there were so many different kinds of android phones then android phones got bigger essentially making android tablets kind of irrelevant in june 2019 google hardware head rick oscarlow tweeted that google's own hardware team would focus on building laptops but that the company would remain committed to its tablet partners that's right google gave up on making its own android tablets after years of trying devices like the galaxy z fold 3 along with android 12l show that android on tablet sized screens is far from dead a foldable pixel would not be breaking any new ground and that's okay there's nothing wrong with a well-built well-supported piece of hardware that runs a version of android without the dressing that some other companies put on their phones competition in this space is good if google is aiming for that 1400 price point i think that's a good idea too the company doesn't have to make the best foldable in the world a really good one is fine google's best stuff is still in software and services as long as that stuff runs well on a pixel foldable a lot of people will be satisfied as for the pixel sevens i i think the designs are quite fine they may not be a huge departure from the six series but that's okay the six and the six pro they have premium looks and a distinctive camera bumps i still think that camera bumps are silly make a fatter phone with a bigger battery and more storage you cowards anyway the camera belts on the pixels give those phones a sense of identity and on the practical side that bar means when you place the pixel 6 on a desk it won't wobble when you touch the screen i am really curious about what advances are coming to the next generation of tensor processors the first generation offered some impressive offline abilities like speech recognition more stuff was being done on the actual phone without data having to go back and forth to the cloud we'll have to wait and see what shows up later this year if you're curious about the future of android check out this video showing off what the next version will be like google's developers conference is also coming up soon we'll have coverage here so don't forget to subscribe and hit that bell i'm aya zakhtar and i will see you onlineapparently there are lots of pixels in the works there's the seven the seven pro and maybe a foldable let's talk about it keep this in mind that nothing is official google has not previewed anything as of yet this video is based on the slew of reports out there right now we should have time codes for the pixel 7 pro and the 7 so you can jump to those if you want but we're going to start with the foldable one since it's probably the most interesting there have been reports about a foldable pixel for a while way back in september of 2021 the ever reliable fblast tweeted this heard from someone i trust that the foldable pixel code name passport retail branding unknown will indeed launch before the end of the year apparently they've been working on this device for over two years and if the p6 is any indication it'll be worth a look so that was 2021 and we obviously did not see the launch of a foldable pixel but wait there's more nine to five google found some information about another foldable pixel with the code name pipet they found this out by digging into a build of android 12 l beta android 12l is focused on larger screened android devices there are a couple of animations that may give us an idea of what a foldable google pixel would look like in one animation you see what looks like a folded phone with a hinge on the left screen on the front buttons on the right and a place to put your sim card there's a second animation showing what looks like the same device but opened up this time there's a large inner screen the buttons remain on the right the sim tray is centered on the left panel nine to five google also did some measurements and they figure the aspect ratio of the internal display is around seven by eight the shape of the device is drawn comparison to the oppo find n that's a phone that's available only in china you can see it's kind of a short and wide device no matter whether it's opened or closed when cnet's eli blumenthal tried out that device he said that when he dragged his fingers across the 7.1 inch display it felt like a regular tablet the crease is not that noticeable when the n is open does that mean that the pixel foldable will be the same as the apple n not necessarily however if google is entering the foldable phone market it has some options when it comes to sourcing displays as that technology is maturing let's talk about specs nine to five google had some reports on this the foldable would be powered by google's tensor chip the same one that's in the pixel 6 series that's a curiosity you would think that the foldable will be powered by whatever's in the pixel seven nine to five google also had a report from late last year about the cameras on the foldable in fact that report was really really detailed it said that the foldable will not use the pixel six's megapixel samsung gn1 sensor instead it will use a 12.2 megapixel sony camera which can be found on the pixels 3 through 5a so this new foldable google phone has some interesting specs and attributes it may have a squarish inner screen it could be powered by the pixel 6 tensor the cameras could be a bit of a downgrade from the six as well why is this it could be about the pricing nine to five google says that google is aiming for a fourteen hundred dollar price point now the six costs around six hundred dollars the pro starts at around nine hundred dollars the most expensive six pro with a half a terabyte of storage tops out at around eleven hundred dollars so it would be a bit extra to get a foldable google phone if you look at the folding competition the samsung zflip3 costs around a thousand dollars the galaxy z fold three starts at just eighteen hundred dollars the google foldable would be in that middle spot if the company makes some trade-offs it seems possible to hit that 1400 price point when would we see this device well a tweet by the ceo of display supply chain consultants ross young said it's back looks like google's foldable pixel will start panel production in q3 2022 and launch in q4 2022 well that's a pretty safe bet the pixel launches are usually in october which is in the fourth quarter young also tweeted that the pixel 7 will shrink from 6.4 inches to 6.3 the pixel 7 pro will stick to 6.7 inches so let's talk about that pixel 7 pro on leaks tweeted this out here comes your very first and very early look at the google pixel 7 pro he included a link to smart pre dot com which had a lot of renders and a pixel 7 pro 360 degree view remember these images are not official however accurate pixel hardware information seems to leak out every year and on leaks is pretty reliable i'll run down some specs while we show you some of the renders this report says that the pixel 7 pro would have a 6.7 or 6.8 inch screen there would be a single punch hole front-facing camera the oled panel would have a refresh rate that will quote challenge samsung's current flagship the s22 ultra for comparison the s22 ultra has a variable refresh rate samsung claims that the s22 ultra can go from 120 hertz all the way down to 1 hertz the pixel 6 pro also has a dynamic 120 hertz refresh rate that can drop down to 10 hertz the idea behind these dynamic rates is so your phone can save on battery life if it does not have to show you something at a super high frame rate all the time you'll get more time on your phone the camera belt on the back of the 7 pro could be merged with the frame that camera belt would have three cameras a primary wide angle camera a periscope telephoto camera and probably an ultra wide camera rounding out things are stereo speakers and a usbc port well what about the pixel seven don't you worry on leaks also tweeted out renders of what he says is the pixel 7. guess what it looks similar to the pixel 6 and a bit like the pixel 7 pro renders let's go straight to that camera belt it's more integrated into the overall body of the device like the 7 pro the belt would stick with two cameras not three like the pro the screen size would be in the neighborhood of 6.2 inches to 6.4 inches the report over at carhp.com did not have any information about the refresh rate on the 7. however that same report did mention some news on the pixel 7 storage there'd be a 128 gig 256 gig and a new 512 gig version more storage is always good okay so that was a lot of information we're going to break some of this down and please let me know what you think of these phones in the comments i think a foldable pixel seems like a good idea mostly because the idea of a foldable phone is no longer brand new google gets to leverage data from other manufacturers like oppo motorola and most importantly samsung and it's not like google will just learn from samsung's public dealings it could get insight directly from the company samsung and google have gotten very tight over the past few years samsung worked with google to make wear os better and maybe a real alternative to the apple watch then they're samsung's foldable phones the galaxy fold has been around for three years the first one was a bit clunky and that internal camera cut out was a bit funky but what a marvel of engineering tons of cameras a screen to use when the device is closed and another huge flexible display on the inside through the years samsung has revised the fold into a much more sleek product after getting feedback samsung and competitors seem to think there is a real market for foldable android tablets as long as they have a regular phone attached google got on board with all of this in october of 2021 with the introduction of android 12l when it comes to android and tablets it's been i'll say it a mess android's initial foray into tablets was all messed up because android is inherently different than the apple model developers had to make apps that ran on all kinds of screen sizes because there were so many different kinds of android phones then android phones got bigger essentially making android tablets kind of irrelevant in june 2019 google hardware head rick oscarlow tweeted that google's own hardware team would focus on building laptops but that the company would remain committed to its tablet partners that's right google gave up on making its own android tablets after years of trying devices like the galaxy z fold 3 along with android 12l show that android on tablet sized screens is far from dead a foldable pixel would not be breaking any new ground and that's okay there's nothing wrong with a well-built well-supported piece of hardware that runs a version of android without the dressing that some other companies put on their phones competition in this space is good if google is aiming for that 1400 price point i think that's a good idea too the company doesn't have to make the best foldable in the world a really good one is fine google's best stuff is still in software and services as long as that stuff runs well on a pixel foldable a lot of people will be satisfied as for the pixel sevens i i think the designs are quite fine they may not be a huge departure from the six series but that's okay the six and the six pro they have premium looks and a distinctive camera bumps i still think that camera bumps are silly make a fatter phone with a bigger battery and more storage you cowards anyway the camera belts on the pixels give those phones a sense of identity and on the practical side that bar means when you place the pixel 6 on a desk it won't wobble when you touch the screen i am really curious about what advances are coming to the next generation of tensor processors the first generation offered some impressive offline abilities like speech recognition more stuff was being done on the actual phone without data having to go back and forth to the cloud we'll have to wait and see what shows up later this year if you're curious about the future of android check out this video showing off what the next version will be like google's developers conference is also coming up soon we'll have coverage here so don't forget to subscribe and hit that bell i'm aya zakhtar and i will see you online\n"