Google Pixel smartphone with Android Q onboard has been spotted Geekbench.
The listing has surfaced soon after the Google Pixel 3 XL was seen on the same benchmarking site with Android Q OS. These listings suggest that the search engine giant is actively testing the Android Q OS.
Various smartphone manufacturers have started rolling out Android 9 Pie OS update for their smartphones. Android 9 Pie was officially released in early August and it was first made available to a slew of devices such as Google Pixel phones, OnePlus 6, Xiaomi Mi MIX 2s and OnePlus. It appears that the company is now testing Android Q OS since Google Pixel 3 XL as well as the older Google Pixel from 2016 have appeared on the Geekbench benchmarking platform with unreleased Android version.
Shown above is the screenshot of the original Google Pixel phone running on Android Q. Sailfish is the codename of the phone. The original Pixel smartphone was born with Android 7.0 Nougat and it has been recently treated with Android 9 Pie update.
The Google Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are guaranteed to receive Android software update for 3 years. However, the original Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones were promised two years of Android software upgrades. Hence, the Android (10) Q will be the last major software update for the original Pixel phones. The Pixel 2 series and Pixel 3 series will be also provided with Android R update in the year 2020.
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The Pixel smartphone featured a 5-inch display and 2,770 mAh battery whereas the Pixel XL was a larger phone with a 5.5-inch screen and 3,450 mAh battery. Both phones were packed with Snapdragon 821 chipset, 4 GB of RAM, 32 GB / 128 GB storage, 12.3-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel front camera.