Google Launches Pixel and Pixel XL Smartphones

Google just launched two new smartphones - Pixel and Pixel XL. These are premium Android smartphones for which Google has promised super-fast updates and tight integration with Google services. Soon after Google's October 4 event concluded, hardware experts Ali and Jamshed joined host Pranay to talk about the smartphones and other products launched at the event.

The Google Pixel and Pixel XL are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor, with two cores clocked at 1.6GHz, and two cores clocked at 2.15GHz. Both the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones will pack 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and sport Pixel imprint fingerprint sensor. They sport a 12.3-megapixel rear camera with a Sony IMX378 sensor, PDAF, a large f/2.0 aperture, and 1.55-micron pixels. Both sport an 8-megapixel front camera with a Sony IMX179 sensor, an f/2.4 aperture, and 1.4-micron pixels.