Prepare for brand spanking new hardware subsequent month.
With Google dropping the Nexus branding from its handsets, we’re beginning to see the most important shift within the firm’s technique for its Android handsets because the program began in 2009. In response to a brand new report from Android Police, Google will unveil its telephones together with a Chromecast able to 4K playback, Google Residence, and Daydream VR headset on October four.
Android Police additionally notes that the upcoming Google telephones will be branded the Pixel and Pixel XL. Each telephones are anticipated to be made by HTC, with the 5.Zero-inch handset dubbed the Pixel and the 5.5-inch mannequin the Pixel XL. The Nexus program offered a platform for distributors like Huawei to get consideration in Western markets, and Google has reiterated over the course of the yr that it’ll work with telephone producers to construct its handsets: “Our plan continues to be to work with OEMs to make telephones.”
That stated, earlier units within the Pixel collection — just like the Chromebook Pixel — have been absolutely conceived by Google and made no point out of the manufacturing companion, which solely results in extra confusion over the proposed Pixel moniker for the upcoming telephones. We should always know extra about how Google approaches branding early subsequent month, however for now, the Pixel XL identify simply sounds… clunky.
This yr’s Google telephones will function further software program tweaks on prime of the vanilla Android interface as the corporate appears to distinguish its handsets, and our personal sources affirm that Allo and Google Assistant might be making their debut early subsequent month.
Google can also be anticipated to unveil a Chromecast that may deal with 4K content material, in addition to the corporate’s voice-activated Google Home wi-fi speaker. We’ll additionally see the primary Daydream VR headset, and hopefully extra particulars on Google’s plans for the VR platform.