Google Announces Pixel 6 Phone With New Chip, Subscription Service

The Google logo is seen connected a telephone successful this photograph illustration successful Washington connected July 10, 2019. (Alastair Pike/AFP via Getty Images)

Alphabet Inc.’s Google connected Tuesday announced the newest iteration of its smartphone—Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro—which volition beryllium powered by the company’s archetypal chip called Tensor.

The tech elephantine besides launched Pixel Pass, a subscription work starting astatine $45 per period for U.S. customers that volition see the Pixel 6 and entree to the premium versions of YouTube and YouTube Music.

Pricing for the Pixel 6 volition commencement astatine $599. The Pixel 6 Pro, with a larger screen, telephoto camera lens, and upgraded beforehand camera, starts astatine $899.

The caller plan has a metallic assemblage and a achromatic set crossed the backmost that includes the camera.

Camera bundle improvements let amended seizure of darker tegument tones, portion of Google’s effort to marque the camera much inclusive, it said.

The camera tin trim stray airy successful photos, which tin marque acheronian tegument look ashy, and has improved achromatic equilibrium and vulnerability tuning to much accurately bespeak tegument tone, Google said.

The phones volition spell connected merchantability astatine U.S. wireless carriers connected Oct. 28.

By Sheila Dang