Google Pixel Fold will be done, we could almost say it’s official: the existence of an idea from Google on the foldable front confirmed by Android 12.
Foldable smartphones have been around for a few years now, but they haven’t spread quickly due to a technology that, by necessity, has needed time to be refined, and think for example of the hinges and moving mechanisms that have had to take steps forward in terms of resistance. Foldables, in short, are beautiful but they’re still not as robust as regular phones.
The maturity of foldables has been distant for quite some time and perhaps still is, but the recent launch of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 has testified to how fast the evolution travels. And you can see it in the price: both cost less than previous generations, which means that economies of scale have been achieved and that the manufacturer is ready to assemble more of them than in the past. In short, foldable smartphones seem to have taken the path of large numbers, which means that soon other manufacturers will follow in the wake of Samsung and Huawei. Among these should be included Google with Pixel Fold.
Google Pixel Fold appears on Android 12 beta 4
The “tip” comes from none other than Android 12 in beta version, precisely the beta number 4 whose distribution was started a few days ago. To give some indication of the future was the code of the Google Camera app, between whose lines some Chinese developers have found the initials of four devices: Oriole, Raven, Passport and Slider.
The first two are an “old” acquaintance of insiders and enthusiasts: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, i.e. the top-of-the-line smartphones that will be made official in Mountain View in the fall and about which there has been much talk recently, especially on the subject of software updates – the Pixel 6 could reach iPhone – and cameras.
But Passport and Slider are two products unknown to most. The most recent rumors, however, indicate that Passport (and consequently also Slider) could be the name with which internally Google identifies Pixel Fold, in the same way as Oriole identifies Pixel 6 and Raven Pixel 6 Pro.
On Pixel Fold, or Pixel Fold if the family of folding made in Google should count, as it seems, two components, the information are not many, but some rumors have already begun to circulate. For example on the chip, which should be the same Google Tensor that the company has anticipated to include on the two smartphones coming out in the fall.
Common features between Pixel Fold and Pixel 6
This is a homemade chip, that is, designed by Google specifically for the user experience it wants to offer fans through its smartphones. It will debut on the Pixel 6, this is already official, but, in fact, according to some rumors it seems that it will also represent the heart of Pixel Fold.
The two projects seem to share another component: the cameras. In fact, it is rumored that the camera system of Pixel 6 will also equip Pixel Fold, which should be good news in light of what has been said about the main camera of Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro.
Some say that Pixel Fold may debut in the fall along with Pixel 6: the rumor exists, but it seems rather unlikely that this will happen.