Pixel 7 & 7 Pro updates, bugs, & points tracker [Cont. updated]

The ‘Made by Google’ occasion was held on October 7, the place new {hardware} merchandise had been revealed. Throughout the convention we met the brand new Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro.

Each telephones arrive with some enhancements in each {hardware} and software program in comparison with the Pixel 6 series. Nonetheless, it’s the Pro mannequin that brings probably the most modifications and additions.

The design of the Pixel 7 line retains the fundamentals of the Pixel 6, solely refining it to make them extra engaging. On the entrance, the Pro mannequin’s display is now fully flat, with no curved edges.

Transferring on to the again, now the ‘camera tape’ of the brand new telephones is identical colour because the chassis. Because of this the digital camera sensors stand out extra.

The Pixel 7 and seven Pro are powered by the brand new Google Tensor G2 chipset. The SoC gives enhancements in energy and effectivity because of a brand new 4 nm manufacturing course of.

The place the brand new chipset stands out probably the most is in its AI processing capabilities at {hardware} degree. That is the idea for among the Pixel 7 collection software program enhancements, particularly in its cameras.

The vanilla Pixel 7 retains the identical digital camera sensors because the Pixel 6 (50MP fundamental + 12MP ultra-wide angle), however now the huge lens helps autofocus and macro mode.

Alternatively, the Pixel 7 Pro makes use of those self same sensors and provides a 48MP telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom.

A few of the digital camera options embrace speech enhancement, 4K recording, 10-bit HDR video recording, ‘High Quality Mode’ in some third-party apps (similar to Snapchat and TikTok), cinematic blur, Tremendous Zoom and extra.

The vanilla Pixel 7 battery capability is a bit decrease than the Pixel 6 (4,355mAh vs 4,614mAh) however the extra environment friendly chipset and barely smaller display ought to enable for related battery life. Quick charging is now quicker at 30W.

The Pro mannequin maintains virtually the identical battery as its earlier era, however its autonomy may very well be higher as a result of extra environment friendly chip. Its quick charging is identical because the Pixel 7 (30W).

Each units run Android 13 with inventory UI and a few ‘Pixel-exclusive’ choices. They may get 3 years of massive Android updates and 5 years of safety updates.

And right here, we shall be monitoring all of the software program updates, together with safety patches and bug fixes coming to the Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro.

The Google Pixel 6 series was riddled with bugs for months and exhibiting extra issues with every replace.

Though we hope that one thing like this won’t be repeated with the Pixel 7 collection, we’ll preserve observe of all of the bugs and points that come up in each units any further.

Observe: We have now extra such tales in our devoted Tracker section so make sure to comply with them as nicely.

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