Google’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will quickly be launched on 6 October, however with the launch drawing nearer it is getting harder for the tech large to maintain its new smartphones beneath wraps. Both gadgets have now reportedly proven up on Google’s Play Console and that look has additionally revealed some fascinating options that may very well be distinctive to Pixel gadgets. The new Pixel 7 smartphones will function the brand new Tensor G2 SoC and also will be coming to India this time.

Google’s Play Developer Console is mainly a spot for app builders to publish their apps and monitor their app’s efficiency. The two telephones have been first noticed by Mishaal Rahman on the Play Console who revealed extra particulars concerning the upcoming telephones in a thread on Reddit.

Both smartphones have been stated to be operating Android 13. The supply claims that the 2 telephones will provide eSIM MEP function that mainly lets one smartphone join to 2 eSIM suppliers concurrently. The function based on the supply was expected to point out up with Android 13, however Google’s new Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will reportedly be the primary smartphones to showcase the brand new eSIM expertise. Another associated element that has leaked is that solely the Pro mannequin is alleged to function ultra-wideband (UWB) radio expertise, which can also be solely out there on the present Pixel 6 Pro mannequin.

Another new function revealed in the identical thread, that may very well be the spotlight of this yr’s Pixel smartphones, is face unlock. Both the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro have reportedly proven up with assist for Android’s biometric face unlock function, which was final seen on Google’s Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL smartphones (that by no means made it to India). The supply claims that the Pixel 6 Pro was presupposed to get the identical function utilizing its front-facing digicam together with software program, however for causes finest recognized to Google, the tech large cancelled the function.

With the front-facing digicam trying completely regular in beforehand leaked renders and movies, will probably be fascinating to see how Google implements safe biometric face unlock utilizing a daily selfie digicam. Google pulled off one thing fascinating a number of years in the past on the Pixel 2 when it managed to create a depth map utilizing the Phase-Detection Auto-Focus (PDAF) pixels present in its single sensor rear digicam. By splitting photographs considered by the 2 viewpoints (that have been lower than 1mm aside) Google managed to compute stereo and produce a depth map with out using a second digicam to help with the identical.

Google’s premium vary consisting of its Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones will lastly be making their strategy to India this yr. The firm hasn’t launched a high-end premium smartphone in India for the reason that Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL again in 2018.