Update, January 24, 2022 (1:15 AM ET): We’ve updated our Google Pixel 6a hub with details of the phone’s possible launch window. Read on for more.
Original article, December 5, 2021 (12:00 PM ET): In 2021, Google’s big smartphone launch centered around the Google Pixel 6 series. Those phones wildly reinvented what a Pixel phone looks like and what it can do. Now, the next big launch from the company should be the Google Pixel 6a.
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While we don’t know a ton about the phone yet, we do know quite a bit. Below, we’ve rounded up all the credible leaks and rumors related to the Pixel 6a, Google’s next budget-oriented smartphone.
Name and release date
Since the Pixel 6 series was such a dramatic shift for Google, it wouldn’t have been surprising if the company changed up its naming scheme. However, it didn’t. Therefore, we have every reason to believe the next A-series phone from the company should be the Google Pixel 6a. Google hasn’t confirmed this, though.
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