Google’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will soon be launched on October 6th, but with the launch approaching, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the tech giant to keep its new smartphones under wraps. Both devices are now showing up on Google’s Play Console and that appearance also revealed some interesting features that could be unique to Pixel devices. The new Pixel 7 smartphone will have the new Tensor G2 SoC and it will be coming to India this time as well.
Google’s Play Developer Console is basically a place for app developers to publish their apps and monitor the performance of their apps. Both the phones were first spotted by Mishaal Rahman on Play Console, who gave more details about the upcoming phones. a thread on reddit.
Both the smartphones were running Android 13. The source claims that both the phones will offer the eSIM MEP feature which basically lets a smartphone connect to two eSIM providers simultaneously. facility by source was expected Google’s new Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will be the first smartphones to feature the new eSIM technology, but with Android 13 to appear. Another related detail that has been leaked is that only the Pro model will have ultra-wideband (UWB) radio technology, which is also only available on the current Pixel 6 Pro model.
Another new feature has emerged in this episode, which could be the highlight of this year’s Pixel smartphones, that is Face Unlock. Both the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro have shown support for Android’s biometric face unlock feature, which was last seen on Google’s Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL smartphones (which never made it to India). The source claims that the Pixel 6 Pro was supposed to get the same feature using its front-facing camera along with software, but for reasons best known to Google, the tech giant canceled the feature. .
With the front-facing camera looking completely normal in previously leaked renders and videos, it will be interesting to see how Google implements secure biometric face unlock using a regular selfie camera. Google did something interesting on the Pixel 2 several years ago when it managed draw depth map using phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) pixels found in its single sensor rear camera. By dividing the images viewed through two perspectives (those that were less than 1 mm) Google managed to calculate the stereo and produce a depth map without the use of a second camera to aid the same.
Google’s premium range that includes its Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones will finally hit India this year. The company hasn’t launched any high-end premium smartphones in India since the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL in 2018.
