Google Pixel 6 could get this killer camera upgrade

Google Pixel 6 could get this killer photographic camera upgrade

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The Google Pixel 6 could sport a major camera upgrade, only this time for its selfie snapper rather than boosting the rear camera array.

A new patent discovered by Plainly Apple shows a new Pixel phone design that doesn't include any kind of visible front-facing photographic camera. In other words, information technology either doesn't have i, or it'southward hiding under the brandish.

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While ZTE Axon 20 5G has led the charge on under-display selfie cameras, its results are underwhelming. Just it has opened the doors for other phones to follow it, and information technology looks similar the Pixel 6 could be one of them.

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The Google patent doesn't go into much detail, however. So we have to make some assumptions based on the illustrations solitary.

The fact that there is no clear camera on display suggests that it may be hiding under the screen. At this bespeak, we can but brand an educated approximate at what's going on, as the patent makes no direct mention of an nether-brandish camera.

Nosotros've already seen leaks alleging that the Pixel 5 Pro may include an under-display photographic camera. Images purporting to be the upcoming phone supposedly testify off the fact that there's no pigsty-dial camera, which is a common feature in a lot of 2020's all-time Android phones.

While that leak doesn't discount the possibility of there being a pop-up camera, the discovery of this patent suggests that nosotros will be seeing the under-display camera on a Pixel telephone very before long. The merely question is whether information technology'll launch with the Pixel 5 Pro, which is expected in early 2021, or later on on with the Pixel vi.

But a patent doesn't necessarily mean a feature is guaranteed in the immediate future. Then we're going to accept to expect and run across what else leaks over the coming months, then try to deduce whether Google does have an under-display camera waiting in the wings.

Nosotros merely hope that Google's hypothetical under-display camera tech performs a lot better than ZTE'southward. It managed to shoot mediocre photos from the forepart camera, especially compared to other phones on the market, such equally the OnePlus 8T with its excellent selfie camera.

It wasn't too bad for a first attempt, but nosotros would expect Google to do a much ameliorate job, especially given how well the Google Pixel 5 handles image processing.

We'll bring y'all more on the Pixel six and Pixel 5 Pro every bit we hear it.

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