Google’s rumored foldable system might launch subsequent yr with related digicam {hardware} to what older Pixel telephones used previous to this yr’s large Pixel 6 overhaul, 9to5Google reports. Reports concerning the system first emerged this summer season, at which level it was anticipated to launch earlier than the top of the yr. Now the system, whose codename seems to have modified from “Passport” to “Pipit,” appears to be on observe for a launch in 2022.

These newest particulars have emerged due to code found within the Google Camera app. In explicit, they counsel that the foldable will use a 12.2-megapixel IMX363 sensor for its predominant digicam. That suggests the foldable received’t be outfitted with the identical 50-megapixel Samsung GN1 digicam sensor Google used on this yr’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. Instead, the IMX363 is the sensor Google used for the Pixel 3 via 5. Its decrease decision suggests the foldable may wrestle to match the wonderful digicam high quality of the Pixel 6 collection.

Aside from the principle sensor, the code snippets counsel the Pixel foldable’s different cameras will probably be extra consistent with the Pixel 6. There’s a 12-megapixel IMX386 that’s anticipated to deal with ultrawide pictures and two 8-megapixel IMX355 sensors for its selfie cameras. Two selfie cameras seem like mandatory to permit selfies to be taken whereas the foldable is each open and closed.

As 9to5Google notes, it’s not unusual to see corporations equip foldables with much less highly effective digicam {hardware} than their flagships. The current Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, for instance, had a 12-megapixel sensor slightly than the 108-megapixel sensor Samsung used within the Galaxy S21 Ultra. But it is perhaps a disappointment for anybody anticipating Google’s rumored foldable to match the digicam high quality of its newest flagships.

A launch date of subsequent yr is sensible for the foldable given what we learn about Android 12L, the upcoming Android replace that’s on account of launch early subsequent yr and is designed to supply a spread of enhancements for units with bigger screens, together with foldables. The replace, which has beforehand been known as Android 12.1, additionally incorporates code suggesting Google may need a second foldable system in improvement underneath the codename “Jumbojack.” It’s unclear when, or even when, this second foldable could also be launched.