In this week’s leading stories: the Google app confirms the “Pixel 4a (5G)” and “Pixel 5,” Android 11 Beta 2 gets here for Pixel phones, more Nest controls previewed for the Google House app, and more.
There was a great deal of movement today on the Made by Google news front. On Friday, our APK Insight team discovered the names and codenames of all three Google Pixel phones for 2020, the Pixel 4a, Pixel 4a 5G, and Pixel 5, without any signs of a “Pixel 5 XL” being in development. More intriguingly, the proof recommends that the Pixel 5 and the Pixel 4a 5G will run on the very same Snapdragon 765 chip.
But how will Google distinguish these 2 relatively very comparable devices? By using “cheaper” materials like plastic on the Pixel 4a (5G) and more “premium” products like glass and aluminum on the Pixel 5, the 2 might look and feel clearly different.
If this all seems a bit complicated, our Stephen Hall has actually composed an useful guide describing whatever we know about the 3 Pixel phones being available in2020 You can also tune in to today’s Alphabet Scoop podcast to dive even deeper into why the Pixel 4a 5G might exist at all.
Somewhere Else in Google Pixel news, this week heralded the release of Android 11 Beta 2 for Pixel phones, bringing Android 11 to finish API stability for developers. As is tradition, our Abner Li has collected all of the various brand-new modifications contributed to this build of Android 11 Beta 2.
With Beta 2, designers are motivated to start “last compatibility testing” for apps, SDKs, and libraries. Goog