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  • Pixel 6 Delivers Impressive Android Performance

    Pixel 6 Delivers Impressive Android Performance

    Early benchmarks are in and Google’s Pixel 6 is chalking up some impressive performance results.

    Unlike previous iterations of the Pixel line of smartphones, the Pixel 6 is using Google’s Tensor, its custom-built system on a chip (SoC). While many chips powering Android devices use a single high-performance Cortex-X1 core, the Tensor has two Cortex-X1 cores.

    Despite its design, BGR reports the Pixel 6 doesn’t quite knock off the Snapdragon 888 as the reigning speed champion in the Android market — at least not in straight CPU performance. Where the Tensor chip crushes it, however, is in its GPU performance, easily delivering the best performance of any Android phone on the market.

    As BGR points out, the fact that Google was able to deliver this kind of performance in their very first SoC is an impressive feat, and one that bodes well for the future.

  • Google May Be Preparing a Foldable Pixel Phone

    Google May Be Preparing a Foldable Pixel Phone

    Google’s Pixel lineup of smartphones has never been among the most popular, but a foldable model may be poised to change that.

    Foldable phones are considered to be the next evolution of the smartphone. Smaller models can be carried discreetly much easier, and then unfold into a standard-sized smartphone. Large models, such as a current large smartphone, can be unfolded into a small tablet-sized device.

    Samsung has been the leader in foldable smartphones — at least until now. Google is preparing to enter the market with its own foldable version of the Pixel, if rumors are to be believed.

    The latest Android 12 beta makes reference to four Pixel models: Oriole, Raven, Passport and Slider. Oriole and Raven are the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, according to GizChina and BGR. The “Passport” model, however, is rumored to be a foldable pixel, eventually being named the Google Pixel Fold.

    If the rumors are correct, a foldable Pixel may be just what Google needs to be a serious contender in the market.