Google’s Pixel 6A seems at FCC, hinting at May launch

Last yr’s Pixel 5A was a unbelievable product, however just like the Pixel 4A earlier than it, the telephone’s August launch didn’t do it any favors. Google’s unique A-series funds telephones — the Pixel 3A and 3A XL — shipped across the similar time as the corporate’s I/O convention in May, a extra smart mid-year launch that gave them extra time to shine earlier than the following flagship Pixel arrived.

But provide chain points and distant work challenges pushed each the 4A and 5A deep into the summer season. Last yr’s $449 Pixel 5A wasn’t even offered by any carriers or retailers apart from Google itself.

However, it looks as if Google is getting issues again on observe in time for the upcoming Pixel 6A. As noted by Droid Life, the following funds Pixel lately passed through the FCC. There’s not of observe within the precise filings (apart from affirmation that at the very least one SKU of the 6A will assist millimeter-wave 5G), however the timing of the FCC documentation means that the telephone isn’t far off. The 5A popped up on the FCC in July earlier than its launch a month later. And what are you aware: Google’s digital I/O 2022 convention kicks off on May twelfth.

The Pixel 6A is anticipated to characteristic a design modeled after the flagship Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, retaining an identical digital camera bar on the again. We’ve seen purported images of its packaging, and a few early benchmarks point out it’d provide efficiency that’s just like the pricier Pixels. I simply hope Google can protect the spectacular marathon battery lifetime of the 5A together with its interesting worth. It’d even be good to see the 6A offered in additional nations and getting consideration from cell carriers and retailers once more. There are a number of variations of the 6A included within the FCC docs, in order that’s an excellent signal for wider distribution.

We ought to know far more concerning the Pixel 6A in a matter of weeks. Sure beats ready till August.