Showing posts with label Google Pixel 4. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google Pixel 4. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Google Confirms Pixel 4 Design, Via Twitter


Google on Twitter officially confirmed the Google Pixel 4’s design. Tweeted from the official Made by Google account at 11:30AM PT we can see the rear of the Google Pixel 4 including the square camera bump with two side by side lenses a first for the Pixel lineup, but standard on competing Android and iPhone devices. Underneath is a flash, while there are two unknown cutouts at the very top and in the bottom right corner and possibly a microphone.

The photo only shows the rear of the Google Pixel 4 with the lower left device highlighting the cameras while the top right shows the Google logo at its usual position at the bottom. Elsewhere on the phone we see the volume toggle and a white power button but the lack of a fingerprint sensor.

On the right edge when looking at the phone from the rear there is a small recess consistent with a SIM card slot/tray. You can also make out the USB-C cutout at the very bottom.


Google Pixel 4 design

To accompany the image Google tweeted an reference that teases “what it can do.” A hashtag also reveals what the company is unsurprisingly calling its next flagship "Pixel4".



Source: Twitter

Google’s Project Soli Chip Could Debut In Google Pixel 4


Project Soli is a Google ATAP endeavor based on radar hardware most notably for device control via subtle hand movements. Whether you’re using a watch, phone, or tablet this miniature radar sensor can differentiate between very fine motions to perform various platform specific functions.

Google showed off Project Soli working on both a smartwatch and a smart speaker at Google I/O 2016. The demo showed the chip embedded in a Wear OS smartwatch for interface control and the smart speaker integration made it possible to simply wave at the speaker to tell it to stop playing.



Google is rumored to be launching a new generation of the Google Home this year, as well as a smartwatch and gesture based control via Soli. Some details from XDA corroborate that the Google Pixel 4 will have a Soli chip, and suggest that the feature will be called “Aware” for users.


Source: XDA Developers