Google often publicizes new Pixel merchandise all year long, however 2023 might find yourself being a very essential second for the corporate’s system line. Google is rumored to be releasing its first foldable cellphone, which might immediately compete with Samsung’s confirmed line of Galaxy Z Fold gadgets. 

Google additionally launched its personal ChatGPT rival, Bard, which it opened as much as the general public in March. It would not be stunning to see new developments to Bard and listen to about Google’s different AI ambitions throughout its I/O convention in Might. 

Each potential bulletins would additional sign that tech giants are enthusiastic about what’s subsequent for the smartphone and the apps that run on these gadgets in 2023. Samsung and Motorola, for instance, each launched new idea gadgets earlier this 12 months with slidable and rollable screens, which might sooner or later succeed as we speak’s foldables. And Microsoft has its personal revamped model of Bing that makes use of AI to offer extra direct and conversational solutions, giving Google stronger competitors within the search area it is dominated for years.   

This is a take a look at what we’re anticipating from Google this 12 months, primarily based on rumors, reviews and the corporate’s typical product launch schedule. We’ll be updating this story often as extra leaks and reviews floor. 

Pixel 7A

If historical past repeats itself, Google will launch a less expensive model of the Pixel 7 referred to as the Pixel 7A within the spring or summer season. Google launched the Pixel 6A at Google I/O final 12 months earlier than placing it on sale in July. Which means we may be simply weeks away from studying in regards to the Pixel 7A, if Google does determine to announce it at its annual developer convention once more this 12 months.

We cannot know something for sure till Google debuts the Pixel 7A, however some leaks and reviews have supplied clues about what it’d embrace. Developer Kuba Wojciechowski, who claims to have discovered particulars presumably referring to the Pixel 7A within the Android codebase, suggests the Pixel 7A might have a display screen with a better 90Hz refresh price and wi-fi charging. 

Which may not sound too thrilling, but it surely’s notable as a result of these two options are absent from the 6A. By bringing them to the Pixel 7A, Google would additional shut the hole between its premium and budget-friendly telephones. 

One other purported leak from Vietnamese web site Zing Information suggests the Pixel 7A could have a 6.1-inch display screen similar to the 6A and a design that resembles the Pixel 7.

If the Pixel 7A follows within the Pixel 6A’s footsteps, we are able to count on it to have the identical Tensor G2 processor because the Pixel 7, however a digital camera that is a step down. 

Pixel Fold

Other than Apple, Google is without doubt one of the solely main phone-makers that hasn’t launched a foldable cellphone or mentioned plans to take action. However that might change within the close to future. Reviews from 9to5Google and WinFuture counsel Google’s first foldable Pixel system might arrive as quickly as June.

The cellphone might keep away from the Samsung Z Fold collection’ tall, skinny design in favor of a shorter, wider format with a glance that is just like the Oppo Discover N or Microsoft Floor Duo, in keeping with reviews and leaks from 9to5Google and YouTube persona Dave2D. Code within the beta for Android 13, which Wojciechowski says he found, additionally suggests the Pixel Fold would have a digital camera with major, ultrawide and telephoto lenses. 

Google is understood for undercutting rivals like Apple and Samsung on worth with its common Pixel telephones. If Google does launch a foldable cellphone, I am hoping it takes an identical method. Samsung at the moment dominates foldable telephones with 62% of the market within the first half of 2022, in keeping with Counterpoint Analysis, so it will be fascinating to see if Google may give Samsung some worthwhile competitors. 

Gross sales of foldable telephones are rising, however they nonetheless make up only a fraction of the broader smartphone market. International shipments are anticipated to develop by 52% year-over-year in 2023, in keeping with Counterpoint, reaching 22.7 million items. However when you think about that 304 million smartphones are estimated to have been shipped within the fourth quarter of 2022 primarily based on Counterpoint’s findings, 22.7 million in an entire 12 months looks like a drop within the ocean. 

Pixel 8 and eight Professional

Google sometimes releases new flagship Pixel telephones within the fall, and we’re anticipating the corporate to comply with that very same sample in 2023. We cannot know what’s in retailer for Google’s Pixel 8 and eight Professional till it publicizes these gadgets. 

Nevertheless, Google’s updates have been very camera-centric in recent times, with the Pixel 7 lineup gaining improved zoom and the Pixel 7 Professional receiving a brand new macro pictures mode. With the Pixel 6 and 6 Professional, which have been the primary Pixels to run on Google’s Tensor chips, we noticed new options like Magic Eraser, Face Unblur and Actual Tone. With that in thoughts, it would not be stunning to see Google push the digital camera even additional on the Pixel 8 and eight Professional, though we can’t know precisely what that appears like simply but. Each telephones may even possible have a brand new Tensor processor, too.

Leaks have been scarce to this point, however there have been a couple of reviews claiming to offer particulars about Google’s subsequent pair of Pixels. WinFuture reviews the brand new telephones will run on Android 14, which is anticipated to be the following main model of Android, and could have 12GB of RAM. Properly-known gadget leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer additionally partnered with blogs MySmartPrice and SmartPrix to publish what are stated to be renderings of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Professional. 

Android 14

Android 14 is at the moment accessible in a preview mode for builders, with the ultimate consumer-ready model anticipated to reach within the fall. Google releases new Android options and Pixel-specific options all year long, however its annual model upgrades often present sweeping platform-wide enhancements. 

Android 13, for instance, launched extra colour choices for Google’s Materials You interface, end-to-end encryption for RCS group chats in Messages and extra privateness protections, resembling the choice to grant apps entry to a restricted number of images as an alternative of your complete library. 

Primarily based on what we find out about Android 14 to this point, it looks like Google will proceed constructing on these themes by making enhancements associated to energy effectivity, privateness and accessibility. We’ll possible discover out extra at Google’s I/O developer convention in Might. 

Pixel Pill

Google is taking a contemporary method to tablets with its upcoming Pixel Pill, which could have a speaker charging dock that turns it right into a Nest Hub when docked.

The corporate hasn’t revealed a lot about its upcoming pill, but it surely did present some particulars throughout its final Pixel occasion in October. Aside from its speaker dock, we additionally realized that the pill could have a nano-ceramic coating impressed by porcelain and can run on the Tensor G2 processor discovered within the Pixel 7 and seven Professional. 

Google stated it plans to launch the pill in 2023, though it did not present specifics. We’re anticipating to be taught extra at Google I/O or within the fall, when the corporate sometimes holds its Pixel product launch occasion. 

Extra AI in Google Search and elsewhere

Following the success of ChatGPT, generative AI has been in every single place in 2023 — and that features in Google’s merchandise. The corporate already launched its AI-powered search chatbot Bard and introduced new AI options for Gmail and Google Docs for producing drafts and rewriting emails. 

However we’re anticipating AI to be a dominant development at Google I/O convention this 12 months, particularly because it seeks to maintain tempo with Microsoft and different rivals. Google reportedly issued a code pink in December after ChatGPT debuted, in keeping with The New York Instances, so it would not be stunning to see Google use its convention as a chance to say its authority in AI. 

AI has been a outstanding theme at Google I/O earlier than. Final 12 months, for instance, Google mentioned enhancements to automation, like auto translation and transcription for video, in addition to updates to Search that make it higher at dealing with questions that mix textual content and pictures. With all the eye Microsoft’s Bing has garnered because of its incorporation of AI, Google will possible make AI and Search a centerpiece of its I/O presentation. 

Pixel Watch 2 

Google hasn’t mentioned plans for future Pixel Watches, nor have there been many leaks or rumors about what’s subsequent for Google’s smartwatch. However since Google’s Pixel telephones comply with a yearly cadence — as do the Pixel Watch’s greatest opponents just like the Apple Watch and Samsung Galaxy Watch — it would not be stunning to see the Pixel Watch comply with go well with. 

Primarily based on Google’s present route for the Pixel Watch, we are able to most likely count on to see the identical spherical design on its sequel. The most recent model of Put on OS, which we’re anticipating to listen to extra about at Google I/O, may even possible make an look. I am additionally hoping to see longer battery life and some additional well being and fitness-tracking options, resembling auto-workout detection.