Google’s Pixel foldable smartphone has been rumoured to be within the works for some time now. The firm is but to announce any particulars concerning the smartphone, however the handset was noticed on Geekbench final week with the codename “Pipit” and its efficiency specs advised it could possibly be powered by the corporate’s Tensor chip. After the second beta construct of Android 12L was launched on Wednesday, a brand new animation has been noticed which suggests the corporate’s foldable smartphone might resemble the not too long ago launched Oppo Find N.

Two new animations within the latest Android 12L beta construct, spotted by 9to5Google, present a foldable gadget which resembles the brand new Oppo Find N foldable smartphone. The illustrations present a SIM tray on the backside and a quantity rocker on the precise facet. It is price noting that earlier leaks and renders advised that Google’s Pixel foldable smartphone might resemble Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 3. However, when unfolded, the smartphone displayed within the animation seems to sport a wider show than Samsung’s providing.

The Android 12L beta animation exhibiting a foldable Pixel smartphone
Photo Credit: 9to5Google

These animations have been added to the second Android 12L beta, and their look means that the corporate remains to be engaged on a foldable smartphone. According to the report, the illustrations recommend a facet ratio just like Oppo Find N (8.4:9) when unfolded, as an alternative of the 22.5:18 side ratio of Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 3.

Last week, a brand new Google smartphone was noticed on Geekbench with an octa-core processor that includes two efficiency cores clocked at 2.8GHz, two cores at 2.25GHz, and 4 effectivity cores at 1.8GHz. The handset, codenamed “Pipit,” has a single-core Geekbench 4 rating of 4,811 factors, and a multi-core rating of 11,349 factors. These scores are just like the Pixel 6, which sports activities the corporate’s Tensor processor.

The firm was beforehand rumoured to be engaged on a foldable smartphone in November 2021, when references to a smartphone codenamed “Pipit” had been spotted within the Google Camera APK. The 12.2-megapixel IMX363 digicam sensor suggests it might characteristic an older digicam setup, not like the newer GN1 sensors that had been used on the Pixel 6 sequence launched final yr.

As earlier talked about, Google is but to disclose any particulars of a foldable handset within the works, and the brand new animations noticed on the Android 12L beta construct may be eliminated in a future launch, in line with the report.