Massive Google Pixel 6 leak reveals cameras, wireless charging stand, facial recognition and more

Massive Google Pixel half dozen leak reveals cameras, wireless charging stand, facial recognition and more

(Prototype credit: Evan Blass)

Between the Google Pixel 6's officially published details and the plentiful rumors, information technology feels similar there are no mysteries left to solve about Google's next flagship phone. But that'due south far from true — and a massive new leak has revealed a whole batch of new details.

The leak comes from Evan Blass, who shared a huge quantity of images of the Pixel 6 via a Twitter thread. These help bear witness off the phone from multiple angles, only also shed new light on some of the almost interesting features we wait to meet on the new Google phones when they're revealed on October 19.

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While there are lots of smaller details to check out as function of Blass' leak, nosotros've boiled it down to the five cardinal things that we think are about interesting. Read on for all the of import info.

Pixel 6 Pro cameras

Google has already revealed some of the Pixel half-dozen series' specs, but a few key features, similar the cameras, haven't been announced yet. However, if these images shared by Blass are indeed genuine Google marketing materials, then we may have an respond.

The three sensors — already notable for being the virtually on the back of a Pixel telephone ever — consist of a 50MP primary camera, a 12MP ultrawide photographic camera and a 48MP telephoto camera. We don't know the magnification of that final lens, but it's rumored to be capable of 4x zoom.

A diagram reportedly of the Google Pixel 6 Pro's rear camera block, showing main, ultrawide and telephoto cameras — (Prototype credit: Evan Blass)

Previous Pixel phones have already made information technology onto our best photographic camera phones guide with fewer, smaller sensors than rival phones, all thanks to Google's industry-leading photo postal service-processing software. We've got high hopes that the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will do the same.

We've heard many things from Google about how the Pixel 6 is going to be smarter and more helpful than whatsoever other telephone, thanks to the combination of its new Tensor chip and well-implemented Android 12 features. And the appearance of a QR code ticket in a new widget seems to demonstrate this.

It'due south not that difficult to access tickets or payment cards on Android phones, thanks to various button and icon shortcuts to Google Pay which vary depending on the phone y'all're using. Google, however, wants to serve you what you need more than directly, via this "Alive Space" widget, every bit it'due south described by XDA Developers' Mishaal Rahman, who commented on Blass' leaks based on his own knowledge of Android 12.

An alleged render of the Pixel 6's display, showing a widget automatically displaying a ticket for an upcoming flight — (Image credit: Evan Blass)

Information technology's hard to become too excited well-nigh promises of telephone smarts without any existent examples, simply now nosotros've got an thought of the kind of thing Google has in mind. It will exist interesting to run into if it has many more helpful features in this mode.

New Pixel Stand (and charging block)

Google's Pixel Stand wireless charger has been around since the Pixel 3, and is starting to wait dated. Therefore, information technology'due south exciting to see the rumors about a new Pixel Stand up seemingly confirmed in these leaks.

The new stand appears to have a much more substantial build than the original model, which makes sense when y'all consider the rumors too merits it volition offer a higher charging speed than before, potentially at 23W.

An image of a Pixel 6 resting on a Pixel Stand, with a user interacting with the ambient display interface, including the Performance and Quiet mode charging options. — (Prototype credit: Evan Blass)

Another detail that caught our eye is at the bottom of the screen, where icons for the Performance and Quiet modes appear equally part of the ambience charging brandish. These icons make sense when considering the rumored add-on of a cooling fan to the stand, and suggest there will exist a lower charging speed on offering if you want the fan to stay off, while the full speed will require the fan on, to go along the stand and phone cool.

Google has sadly already confirmed it won't ship its Pixel 6 handsets with charging bricks, following the instance of Apple and Samsung. Even so, a new charger design, featuring an engraved G logo, appears in the leaked images. This could be another accompaniment on offer for Pixel six owners to selection up at launch, or could be role of the Pixel Stand package to provide the correct ability.

A Google Pixel 6 face-down on a surface, connected to a wall charger with an engraved Google "G" logo

(Image credit: Evan Blass)

Facial recognition

With Google having clearly removed the rear fingerprint sensor from the Pixel half dozen, it was assumed it was adopting an under-display scanner for unlocking the telephone instead. However, what we may also encounter is the return of facial recognition security to a Pixel telephone. Both fingerprint and face-unlocking options are mentioned in the security menu seen in this shot from Evan Blass.

The Google Pixel 6 security menu seen on an allegedly leaked shot of the Pixel 6 phone — (Prototype credit: Evan Blass)

The but Pixel that can currently manage secure face unlocking is 2019's Pixel 4 series, which did a decent job of implementing confront unlocking but didn't friction match up to Apple'south Face up ID. The Pixel 6 seems to have an fifty-fifty trickier job than the Pixel iv had ahead of it, since the leaked images show no sign of a secondary sensor to help ensure the photographic camera'southward seeing your face, and not just a photo.

A render of the Google Pixel 6 showing the top portion of the display and its central punch hole camera — (Image credit: Evan Blass)

Every bit a upshot, it may finish up being merely a secondary unlock method to the fingerprint sensor, similar to how many Android phones already offer it.

Cases

The final thing to talk nearly is the appearance of some Google-fabricated matching cases for the Pixel 6 series. Yous can see them in the images below, although yous may think at first glance these are just the naked phones, since the cases are in matching colors.

Google Pixel 6 Pro case — (Image credit: Evan Blass)

A previous unofficial leak of a Pixel 6 Pro case implied that the telephone won't be particularly beefy, which should mean you tin hands add a case for protection without making it uncomfortable to use. Of course, if you want something tougher to protect your Pixel half dozen, there will no doubt be plenty of third-party example offerings bachelor to buy shortly after launch.

We won't accept to wait long to find out everything about the Pixel six and Pixel half-dozen Pro, given that the next Google Pixel effect has been confirmed for October 19. We'll exist covering it in total, so check back for all the news equally information technology breaks.

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