Google’s most up-to-date flagship telephones are the Google Pixel 7 and the Google Pixel 7 Professional, however a leaked roadmap provides us an concept of the tech large’s Pixel plans for the subsequent few years – all the best way as much as 2025. We’ll be seeing foldable telephones, spec upgrades, and many extra apart from, it appears.
This intriguing look into the long run comes courtesy of Android Authority (opens in new tab), although keep in mind that that is on no account official, and it isn’t past the realms of risk that Google will change its plans even when this report is at the moment correct. Even the supply itself says that the roadmap is not set in stone.
With these caveats out of the best way, we are able to dive in. Round Google IO 2023 time in April or Might we’re apparently getting the Google Pixel Fold (priced at $1,799, which is roughly £1,495 or AU$2,675) and the Google Pixel 7a (apparently value matched to this 12 months’s Google Pixel 6a at $449 / £399 / AU$749).
As much as 2025
Additional out we’ll have the Google Pixel 8 and the Google Pixel 8 Professional later in 2023. This roadmap suggests the Pixel 8 shall be smaller than its direct predecessor, although the Professional mannequin is claimed to match the Google Pixel 7 Professional by way of dimensions and show dimension. Each telephones are reportedly going to be powered by the Tensor G3.
The 12 months 2024 will apparently convey three Pixel 9 fashions working the Tensor G4, with two Professional editions: the present 6.7-inch dimension and a brand new 6.3-inch dimension (to extra carefully match the Apple iPhone collection). Nevertheless, the launch of the Google Pixel 8a relies on Pixel 7a gross sales – Google would possibly change to a two-year cycle for the mid-range handset.
That takes us all the best way to 2025, and right here the planning is extra fluid – lots depends upon how gross sales of the 2023 and 2024 telephones go. Google would possibly launch a clamshell foldable to compete with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip collection, the report says, it’d develop the Pixel 10 vary to 4 telephones, and it’d launch a Google Pixel Fold 2.
Evaluation: following Apple and Samsung
As Android Authority additionally factors out whereas reporting on its scoop, Google is clearly seeking to comply with the lead set by Apple and Samsung – the 2 telephone makers that dominate gross sales within the US. By 2025 Google might have two foldables (like Samsung) and 4 flagship telephone fashions (like Apple).
Switching the Pixel A collection telephones to a launch each different 12 months would match Apple as properly – it is what’s been taking place with the iPhone SE. When energy and efficiency aren’t fairly so necessary, upgrades aren’t fairly as pressing, and altering the cycle would possibly assist Google in sticking to a hard and fast value level on these telephones.
What stays to be seen is whether or not or not ramping up its Pixel efforts results in extra {hardware} gross sales for Google. It has been working laborious to construct out its ecosystem of units – we have had the Pixel Watch launch this 12 months, and subsequent 12 months we’re getting the Pixel Pill, giving shoppers extra items of {hardware} that work seamlessly collectively.
In the meantime the principle promoting factors of the Pixel telephones have remained the identical for years: wonderful photographs and movies, and a clear and always up to date model of Android. Nevertheless, within the US no less than, Google nonetheless must do one thing about individuals’s dependence on iMessage to get substantial numbers of customers to change.