Get ready for new hardware next month.
With Google from its handsets, we're starting to see the biggest shift in the company's strategy for its Android handsets since the program started in 2009. According to a new report from , Google will unveil its phones along with a Chromecast capable of 4K playback, Google Home, and Daydream VR headset on October 4.
Android Police also notes that the upcoming Google phones the Pixel and Pixel XL. Both phones are expected to be made by HTC, with the 5.0-inch handset dubbed the Pixel and the 5.5-inch model the Pixel XL. The Nexus program provided a platform for vendors like Huawei to get attention in Western markets, and Google has reiterated over the course of the year that it will work with phone manufacturers to build its handsets: "Our plan is still to work with OEMs to make phones."
That said, previous devices in the Pixel series — like the — were fully conceived by Google and made no mention of the manufacturing partner, which only leads to more confusion over the proposed Pixel moniker for the upcoming phones. We should know more about how Google approaches branding early next month, but for now, the Pixel XL name just sounds... clunky.
This year's Google phones will feature additional software tweaks on top of the vanilla Android interface as the company looks to differentiate its handsets, and our own sources confirm that and will be making their debut early next month.
Google is also expected to unveil a Chromecast that can handle 4K content, as well as the company's voice-activated wireless speaker. We'll also see the first Daydream VR headset, and hopefully more details on Google's plans for the VR platform.
With Google from its handsets, we're starting to see the biggest shift in the company's strategy for its Android handsets since the program started in 2009. According to a new report from , Google will unveil its phones along with a Chromecast capable of 4K playback, Google Home, and Daydream VR headset on October 4.
Android Police also notes that the upcoming Google phones the Pixel and Pixel XL. Both phones are expected to be made by HTC, with the 5.0-inch handset dubbed the Pixel and the 5.5-inch model the Pixel XL. The Nexus program provided a platform for vendors like Huawei to get attention in Western markets, and Google has reiterated over the course of the year that it will work with phone manufacturers to build its handsets: "Our plan is still to work with OEMs to make phones."
That said, previous devices in the Pixel series — like the — were fully conceived by Google and made no mention of the manufacturing partner, which only leads to more confusion over the proposed Pixel moniker for the upcoming phones. We should know more about how Google approaches branding early next month, but for now, the Pixel XL name just sounds... clunky.
This year's Google phones will feature additional software tweaks on top of the vanilla Android interface as the company looks to differentiate its handsets, and our own sources confirm that and will be making their debut early next month.
Google is also expected to unveil a Chromecast that can handle 4K content, as well as the company's voice-activated wireless speaker. We'll also see the first Daydream VR headset, and hopefully more details on Google's plans for the VR platform.