Google’s worst-kept secret of 2024 (up to now) is within the highlight but once more in the present day with a contemporary dump of data that largely reiterates stuff we already knew concerning the Pixel 8a regardless of the handset’s official announcement occasion nonetheless being a few weeks away.
There are nearly no questions left unanswered now that the US pricing construction has been credibly leaked and so many different particulars are in the present day added to the equation by none apart from Evan Blass, aka @evleaks. That is the daddy of all cell tech leakers and tipsters, and if the X consumer’s popularity just isn’t sufficient to make you belief the legitimacy of the newly revealed data, all it’s essential do is check out the precise photos containing the tidbits we’ll focus on as follows.
The main focus is on AI
As a result of these are almost certainly official promotional slides unofficially disclosed prematurely, we are able to get an excellent sense of how Google plans to promote its subsequent massive mid-range smartphone. Whereas the textual content in these “ev-leaked” photos seems to have been translated from Japanese to English fairly roughly, it is clear that the Pixel 8a can be all about that AI magic that is taken over the cell trade of late.
A number of the most vital synthetic intelligence-powered options and instruments highlighted in the present day and more likely to be closely promoted as soon as the Pixel 8a comes out embody Google’s already vastly widespread Magic Eraser and Audio Magic Eraser, in addition to Finest Take, Circle to Search, and naturally, the Gemini assistant previously often called Bard.
All of this can be made attainable by the identical state-of-the-art Tensor G3 processor discovered contained in the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Professional, and though they don’t seem to be talked about anyplace in these photos, we anticipate the Pixel 8a to return with a pair of familiar-sounding however considerably improved 64 and 13MP cameras on its again.
Different key specs confirmed in the present day (for the umpteenth time) embody IP67 water and dirt resistance, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 show safety, and a “self-adjusting” battery able to maintaining the lights on for as much as 24 hours between fees or as a lot as 72 hours with a particular Tremendous Battery Saver setting enabled.
Stated cell has been rumored to circle the 4,500mAh capability mark, thus enhancing (barely) on the 4,385mAh measurement of the Pixel 7a’s battery. There are not any phrases on storage and reminiscence configurations in the present day, however we anticipate Google to promote the Pixel 8a in 128 and 256GB choices with a flat 8GB RAM additionally on deck.
So… many… software program… updates
Undoubtedly powered by Android 14 out the field, the Pixel 8a is all however assured to obtain “function drops and safety updates” for a whopping seven years after its industrial debut. At the least in concept, meaning the budget-friendly handset may supply a silky easy and safe consumer expertise till Might 2031 (!!!).
That is fairly bonkers, particularly with final 12 months’s Pixel 7a solely promised Android model updates till Might 2026 and safety patches by way of Might 2028, however earlier than you get too excited, you need to learn the above textual content in quotes once more.
There isn’t any point out of OS or “Android model” updates, so the Pixel 8a may nonetheless cease at 4 or 5 such main software program revisions reasonably than seven. This could be the most important thriller surrounding an in any other case clear machine that is as soon as once more pictured in 4 eye-catching colours in the present day as effectively.
A separate new leak really exhibits the telephone alongside 5 completely different protecting case choices, however that does not essentially imply the Pixel 8a itself will are available in a fifth hue too. As an alternative, we nonetheless anticipate the handset’s shade palette to incorporate black (aka Obsidian), white (or Porcelain), blue (also referred to as Bay), and inexperienced (Mint) however no orange paint job.
Adrian, a cell know-how fanatic because the Nokia 3310 period, has been a dynamic presence within the tech journalism area, contributing to Android Authority, Digital Traits, and Pocketnow earlier than becoming a member of PhoneArena in 2018. His experience spans throughout varied platforms, with a selected fondness for the variety of the Android ecosystem. Regardless of the challenges of balancing full-time parenthood together with his work, Adrian’s ardour for tech tendencies, operating, and flicks retains him energized. His dedication to mid-range smartphones has led to an eclectic assortment of units, saved from private chapter by his desire for ‘sufficient’ over ‘overpriced’.
