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Daily Authority: šŸ¤” Pixel 7 leaks? At this time of year?

Google Pixel 7 leaks are out already and there's a lot to talk about, plus more tech news you need to know today!
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Published onFebruary 24, 2022

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šŸ›« Good morning! Iā€™ve been compiling this newsletter on the way to Barcelona and finished it in the airport and train. My Spanish is terrible, but una Cortado, por favor!

Pixel 7 leaks

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Pixel 7 Pro and Pixel 7 leaks are out already and, wow, itā€™s only February?

Significance:

  • A bunch of Pixel 7 renders from well known leaker @Onleaks, aka Steve Hemmerstoffer, backed up by leaks from David Kowalski (xleaks7) tell us a bunch, even if they donā€™t really show very much thatā€™s interesting.
  • The leaks themselves are not interesting: they look just like the Pixel 6 line, with refinements.
  • It would make sense that the designs are not a dramatic change: the Pixel 6 represented a whole new design language and ethos, a distinctive look that Google might want to stick with for a while, and a new approach.
  • Itā€™s a consistent phone approach which shows at least some evolution towards maturity.
  • This also keeps with Samsung and its choices in retaining a familiar design from the S21 to the S22.
  • By the way, the speculation is CAD files were sent around, possibly to case manufacturers to get ready.

What weā€™re actually seeing:

  • The main differences that weā€™re seeing in these early leaks, which may still see changes as the devices get closer to launching, are around the camera lenses.
  • Larger lenses, different orientation. Er, thatā€™s about it?
  • Steve Hemmerstoffer is a reliable leaker ā€” but lenses are weird to guess this far out so there are allowances for some variation to come.
  • There is some sizing info, and itā€™s almost not at all different.
  • The reported Google Pixel 7 Pro dimensions are 163 x 76.6 x 8.7mm compared to the Pixel 6 Proā€™s dimensions of 163.9 x 75.9 x 8.9mm. Make what you will of changes of less than a millimeter.
  • The leaks for the Pixel 7 have the same kind of minute adjustments, nothing that would make you believe Google might be trying a different form factor or going for a compact device.

Leaks this early? What it might meanā€¦

  • Ok so are the leaks early, or are the devices early?
  • Could this mean that Google will change its release schedule and aim to release the Pixel 7 at Google I/O in May?
  • Thereā€™s a case to be made as to why that could work.
  • Google has been an outlier with flagships in October but now with its own silicon, maybe things will change?
  • Hadlee Simons from our team explains: ā€œGoogleā€™s late-year release of its flagships traditionally meant it was at the tail-end of the latest Qualcomm silicon. However, itā€™s now using its own Tensor processor using blueprints from Arm. So sticking with an October launch window means it theoretically could be first to adopt Armā€™s new IP, beating Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Samsung to the punch.ā€
  • Mind you: sticking with October in a relatively quiet period, and alongside Apple, might just be when Google likes it.
  • The other factor is the expected Pixel 6a. Previously, the rumor mill pointed to that coming out sooner rather than later, likely set for release at Google I/O.
  • I havenā€™t seen a firm date yet for Google I/O but itā€™s usually in May ā€“ May 18th in 2021.

Roundup

šŸ‘‰ The OPPO Find X5 series is dropping as I type this newsletter, including the Pro which is bursting with top-level specs. More to come here ā€“ wait, stop press, thereā€™s a review of the OPPO Find X5 Pro! I havenā€™t even read it yet! (Android Authority).

šŸ”Ø The Galaxy S22 Ultra has a pixel problem and Samsung is fixing it (Android Authority).

šŸ”§ Modding of Android games now possible thanks to BlueStacks (Android Authority).

šŸ¤” Google will kill Chrome for Androidā€™s data-saving Lite Mode soon (Android Authority).

šŸ’» Intelā€™s 12th Gen Alder Lake chips for thinner and lighter laptops have arrived: Laptop P-series and U-series chips. Boy, I hope theyā€™re good on battery (The Verge).

šŸ˜¢ Twitter accounts sharing video from Ukraine are being suspended when theyā€™re needed most (The Verge).

šŸŽ Apple Car autopilot chip a step closer as Apple places test order with Korean company (9to5Mac).

šŸŽ® Ok the Elden Ring reviews for the new game from the Dark Souls team are basically all 10/10 or 11/10. If you want a game thatā€™s going to soak up 100 hours or more, and leave you feeling like youā€™re just getting started, I think youā€™re in luck. Also, why you should try it even if Dark Souls didnā€™t really appeal(Polygon).

āš½ EA CEO explains why company may ditch FIFA branding in leaked staff comments (The Verge).

ā›“ 1Password now lets you easily store crypto wallet details (The Verge).

šŸ”‹ USPS rejects Bidenā€™s plea to buy more electric mail trucks (The Verge).

šŸ›°ļø How to incinerate the International Space Station(Engadget).

ā–¶ļø ā€œInside PornHub: In the early days of the company, I was tasked with content moderation. I was not very good at it.ā€ (The Verge).

ā›ļø ā€œELI5: How did mankind discover metal?ā€ (r/explainlikeimfive).

Throwback Thursday

Remember the services weā€™ve loved and lost? Tom Le French, an artist first featured in this very newsletter all the way back in 2018 for a mix of retro-cool devices ā€“ like a Spotify cassette tape player ā€“ has been working on something pretty cool and new.

Itā€™s called Epitaphs, a series of gravestones devoted to the likes of BlackBerry, Napster, MySpace, and Flash Player, and more.

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Tristan Rayner / Android Authority

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Thereā€™s a bunch more on Instagram too.

Cheers,

Tristan Rayner, Senior Editor.

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