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Leak Suggests Pixel Owners Top Complaints are Indeed Battery Life and Overheating

Kellen November 11, 2024 9

Google's big bet on custom chips for their Pixel line-up of devices has had its ups and downs. Putting their Tensor-branded chips into Pixel phones starting with the Pixel 6 and taking us through the most recent Pixel 9 launch has returned positives like...

Report: Custom Tensor Chips for Future Pixel Watches

Tim October 28, 2024 1

There's been so much focus on Google building up its custom chipsets for Pixel phones that it was only a matter of time until the same talk shifted to Pixel watches. The latest intel suggests that Google will bring a custom Tensor chip to the Pixel Watch 5 in...

Report: TSMC, Google Building Tensor G6 Based on 2nm Platform

Tim September 16, 2024 16

Even as we're basking in the fresh goodness that is the Pixel 9 lineup, with its Tensor G4 and sleek hardware, news is making its way online concerning the Pixel 10 and Pixel 11. For those who might have held off on the Pixel 9 lineup and were maybe hoping to...

Report: Google Tensor Roadmap Detailed Through 2025

Tim September 18, 2023 21

More details concerning Google's Tensor chips are hitting the online, allowing us to get an idea of what to expect not only from Pixel phones in 2024, but the year beyond that as well. If you have been following Pixel and Tensor news, this information may...

Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro Codenames Revealed With New Tensor Chip

Kellen February 18, 2022 37

The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are without a doubt the first phones from Google in a few years that give off a, "We really went for it this time" vibe. While neither are without flaws, they set the stage for Google to continue to go for it in the future with...

Google Pixel 6a Evidence Suggests Tensor Chip Like the Pixel 6

Kellen November 23, 2021 12

The rumored Google Pixel 6a may have begun its life in renders earlier this week, but already we're learning additional pieces of info that might mean more to us than just its appearance and display size. Evidence has reportedly surfaced that suggests Google...

Google’s ‘Original Chips’ Campaign Makes Us Hungry for the Pixel 6

Tim September 15, 2021 22

I'm on a diet, one that doesn't allow me to partake in things such as junk food. Naturally, Google has taken this time to release a new Original Chips campaign, based entirely on potato chips and processors (aka chips). Get it? It's a whole lotta pun! The...

Pixel 6 mmWave 5G, Powered by Samsung Modem?

Tim August 26, 2021 29

According to a source of Reuters, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro may tap into US mmWave 5G networks using a Samsung modem. This would be a big deal, because as far we know, only chips produced by Qualcomm have connected to a mmWave 5G network on US soil in any...