If you’ve been holding out on shopping for a brand new cellphone in anticipation of Google’s Pixel 6, subsequent week is once we discover out each single element. The sixth-generation Android smartphone has been relentlessly leaked and teased these previous few months—we all know what it appears to be like like, what Google’s customized processor can do, and even what its equipment seem like. What surprises are left?

We’ll quickly discover out. Google is internet hosting a launch event for the Pixel 6 on Oct. 19 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET. The occasion ought to give us extra perception into Google’s smartphone technique, because the Pixel 6 is an entire overhaul from its predecessors and is predicted to be the flagship cellphone we’ve been ready for the corporate to launch for years. Along with its customized chip, the Pixel 6 introduces a brand new digital camera system and improves on options that have been beforehand ache factors for older Pixel customers.

Here’s all the things we predict we all know concerning the Pixel 6 to this point—and what we hope to search out out subsequent week.

Two Pixels Instead of One

Google will launch two sizes of the Pixel 6 flagship, which it’s accomplished yearly for the reason that smartphone launched in 2016. But this time, the larger cellphone has a distinct moniker. The Pixel 6 is basically the bottom mannequin, whereas the Pixel 6 Pro is the “professional” mannequin with extra premium {hardware}.

The Pixel 6 can have a 6.4-inch OLED show with a 90Hz refresh price, whereas the Pixel 6 Pro can have a bigger 6.7-inch OLED show with a 120Hz refresh price. Both telephones run on what Google calls Tensor, its customized system-on-chip which the corporate constructed to ship AI and machine studying efficiency special-tailored for the Pixel {hardware}. It additionally features a new safety chip, which we’ll get into later.

The Pixel 6 will run on 8GB of RAM, whereas the Pixel 6 Pro can have a beefier 12GB. Both telephones might be accessible with 128GB and 256GB of storage, although the Pro will prime out at a better 512GB.

New and Improved Cameras

The cameras—and digital camera software program—bundled with Google’s Pixel smartphones have been the standout characteristic. The Pixel 6 is predicted to hold on the legacy with a dual-camera array, whereas the Pixel 6 Pro can have three rear lenses. Both gadgets embrace a 50-megapixel wide-angle digital camera, a 12-MP ultra-wide digital camera, and a 12-MP front-facing digital camera with a 90-degree field-of-view. Pixel 6 Pro customers can have an extra 48-MP telephoto lens with a 4X optical zoom.

According to a batch of leaked marketing supplies, the Pixel 6 digital camera will be capable to seize as much as 150% extra gentle than its predecessors. There will even be a couple of new digital camera modes, together with a brand new movement mode and up to date portrait photographs. The Magic Eraser characteristic will even discover its strategy to this model of Google digital camera—it’s instantly associated to the fence-removal capacity that we’ve been ready for the corporate to launch because it introduced it again in 2017.

Video recording will even see a lift by the use of Google’s TPU. In our Pixel 6 preview, Google famous that the Tensor chip might allow simultaneous processing of issues like real-time HDR and object identification. This permits the digital camera to regulate the white stability and dynamic vary higher in order that the picture seems in addition to in the event you ran it by means of a Photoshop filter.

Bigger Batteries

One of the principle complaints we had about earlier Pixel smartphones was that their small batteries led to disappointing battery life. Fortunately, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro seem like getting beefed up. The Pixel 6 has a 4620 mAh battery inside it, whereas the Pixel 6 Pro will get a bump as much as 5000 mAh. This offers the Pixel 6 a bigger battery than the Samsung Galaxy S21, whereas the 6 Pro might be on par with the Galaxy S21 Ultra, lending extra credence to its “pro” identify. The solely factor you shouldn’t anticipate is an influence brick within the field, as Google is chopping down on these to assist curb e-waste.

The Pixel 6 smartphones will implement Android’s native battery-saving options to get you essentially the most mileage out of these milliamps. Android 12’s Adaptive Battery characteristic will study your utilization patterns over time to order energy for these apps you make the most of essentially the most. There’s additionally an Extreme Battery Saver characteristic, which can assist the Pixel 6 last as long as 48 hours off the charger.

And talking of powering up, there’s a brand new Pixel Stand on the horizon. Leaked advertising and marketing supplies present the redesigned wi-fi charging stand with a built-in cooling fan akin to OnePlus’s Warp 50 Wireless charger. We know the Pixel 6 will assist wired quick charging at as much as 30 watts by way of wired charging. As for wi-fi charging, the Pixel 6 maxes out at 21 watts, whereas the Pixel 6 Pro can deal with as much as 23 watts.

Renewed Emphasis on Security

With a do-it-yourself chip, Google is giving itself extra management over its product lineup. The customized TPU means the corporate can simply assist its {hardware} longer than with elements from third events. It’s additionally bundling in a brand new Titan M2 chip for on-device safety, which might assist Google provide 5 years of safety updates.

Android 12 will begin rolling out to smartphones within the coming months, although Google’s Pixels are at all times the primary to get up to date. There are a number of new safety options baked into Android 12 that the Pixel 6 will make the most of proper out of the field. Along with the flexibility to immediately minimize off entry to the mic and cameras, the brand new Security Hub helps you find all your safety settings in a single place reasonably than having to spherical them up individually within the Settings panel.

New Colors

The subsequent model of Android goes huge on Google’s Material You design philosophy, which is all about customized colours. That will pair properly with the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro’s number of hues. The Pixel 6 might be accessible to buy in Stormy Black, Kinda Coral, and Sorta Seafoam, with the latter two skewing pastel. The Pixel 6 Pro will even are available in Stormy Black and two extra colours known as Cloud White and Sorta Sunny, an orange hue.

Here’s What We Don’t Know

There are nonetheless a few bits we don’t know concerning the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro. We don’t know what the processor performs like in benchmark exams and day-to-day use. We additionally don’t understand how a few of its specialised options will work or whether or not there might be facial recognition along with the brand new under-display fingerprint scanner. However, we do have a hint that the unlocking mechanism could be potential with out the requisite IR digital camera that’s lacking from the Pixel 6’s spec sheet.

We’re not anticipating that there might be some other {hardware} launches on the occasion, however with so many sides to the Google ecosystem, a shock is at all times potential. A longtime leaker just lately chimed in with a supply’s claims {that a} folding Pixel machine is arriving this 12 months, however there hasn’t been a lot else to that past an unofficial idea design. There can also be some hypothesis we would see a Nest machine alongside the brand new cellphone, simply as Google introduced the next-gen Nest Hub on the Pixel 5 occasion final 12 months. But it appears unlikely, contemplating Google just lately refreshed most of that product lineup.

We’ll be ready for any surprises in retailer, so remember to be part of us on Oct. 19 when Google takes the wraps off its latest {hardware}.