{"id":417146,"date":"2021-10-06T12:47:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T10:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=417146"},"modified":"2021-10-06T12:48:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T10:48:19","slug":"google-pixel-6-launch-date-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/417146-google-pixel-6-launch-date-revealed.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Pixel 6 launch date revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has announced that it will launch its next smartphones, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, at its <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pixelevent.withgoogle.com\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=organic_social&amp;utm_campaign=GS103223&amp;utm_term=pixel-event&amp;utm_content=save-the-date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event<\/a><\/strong> on 19 October.<\/p>\n<p>The company shared a link to the event page via Twitter. It has not been confirmed whether this will be Google\u2019s first Pixel-only event or whether it may also see the official release of Android 12.<\/p>\n<p>The Pixel 6 line will be the first devices to run on an official build of Android 12 and feature Google\u2019s in-house tensor chip.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/414368-googles-pixel-6-pro-details-leaked.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Previous leaks<\/a><\/strong> have suggested that Google\u2019s latest smartphones will have 12GB of RAM and use Samsung\u2019s 50MP GN1 camera sensor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pixel6?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pixel6<\/a>, the new Google Phone.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in October 19th at 10 am PT: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zmp5byVq1y\">https:\/\/t.co\/zmp5byVq1y<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pixel6Launch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pixel6Launch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v3wwySE5gs\">pic.twitter.com\/v3wwySE5gs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Made By Google (@madebygoogle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/madebygoogle\/status\/1445426131297976321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Pixel 6 Pro will be Google\u2019s first smartphone that combines three camera lenses, including an ultra-wide and telephoto lens.<\/p>\n<p>GSMArena\u2019s \u201cunofficial preliminary specifications\u201d pages indicate that the Pixel 6 will feature a native 2340 x 1080 display with a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/google_pixel_6-11037.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">90Hz refresh rate<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Pro model will have a 3120 x 1440 display with a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/google_pixel_6_pro-10918.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">120Hz refresh rate<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Last month a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/browser.geekbench.com\/v5\/cpu\/9766974\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geekbench result<\/a><\/strong> from the Pixel 6 Pro was shared online that indicated the device would feature a 2 x 2 x 4 core configuration and a Mali-G78 GPU clocked at up to 848 MHz \u2014 which Google <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/177320565#comment12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed<\/a><\/strong> on its Issue Tracker.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/417000-how-much-it-costs-to-make-the-iphone-13-pro.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How much it costs to make the iPhone 13 Pro<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Google Pixel event will take place on 19 October and could see the official release of Android 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":417152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17934],"tags":[43972,167,72198,73000,51241],"class_list":["post-417146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","tag-geekbench","tag-google","tag-pixel-6","tag-pixel-6-pro","tag-tensor-core-gpu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}