The camera bar itself is protected by a layer of black glass and high metal ridges on either side. I like that Google matched the color of the antenna lines built into the metal frame to the orange piece of glass above the camera. In addition to the Gorilla Glass Victus to help prevent breakage, Google made sure to waterproof the phone. This is table stakes for a modern flagship. The Pixel 6 Pro carries an IP68 rating for protection against dust and water. That means it can handle a minute dunk in about five feet of water.
The Pixel 6 Pro has stereo speakers. Bi-directional sound is formed when the earpiece and a downward-firing speaker work together.
Not only do the speakers get nice and loud, but they are also clear throughout the volume range. I was able to fill mid-sized rooms with plenty of sound without crackling and distortion. Biometrics on the Pixel 6 Pro are limited to the in-display optical fingerprint reader. It required me to re-do the entire sequence twice during the process. The reader has a fairly sizable reading area in the lower portion of the screen. I also thought it was a bit slow compared to readers on other modern flagships.
The rear-mounted fingerprint reader of the Pixel 5 was faster and more reliable. More reading: How fingerprint scanners work. An update has been issued that Google says will improve the performance of the scanner. Last, haptics. The Pixel 6 Pro has tight haptics that are nice and subtle without being too subtle. The motor produces fine vibrations that feel delicate rather than buzzy or jarring. You can dial in your preferred vibration strength should you wish.
Not every phone has to appeal to every buyer. Personally, I appreciate that the Pixel 6 Pro has any personality at all when compared to the numerous boring slabs on the market.
Google has ensured that its phone will be noticed wherever it goes. Perhaps more importantly, the company can finally claim to play in the same space as its industry peers. Save from the missing headphone jack to be expected , the Pixel 6 Pro has checked nearly every box there is to check. I was looking for something more. Apple, Samsung, OnePlus, and myriad competing phone makers have been offering massive smartphone screens unfailingly year after year.
Google has apparently seen the light, so to speak. At the very least, these specs bring the Pixel 6 Pro into the same playing field as its peers. Does it perform at the same level? I appreciate the large canvas of the Pixel 6 Pro for just about every task, from reading emails to scrolling through social media to watching video content.
Google kept the bezels to the absolute minimum and the user-facing camera is but a small punch hole centered at the top. On-screen elements such as text, graphics, icons, photos, and video look crisp and sharp. Brightness is excellent. I was particularly pleased with the quality of HDR content from Netflix and the like.
Outdoor visibility is solid. Google also offers natural, boosted, and adaptive color profiles for the screen and that means you always get a nice clean white no matter the lighting conditions at hand.
The phone has two refresh rate settings, 60Hz and Hz adaptive. The latter changes the rate between 10Hz and Hz depending on the screen activity to help balance battery life and performance.
Most of the time you use the Hz adaptive setting, the screen actually sits at 60Hz. It leaps to Hz as soon as you swipe up or down on the screen. More reading: Refresh rate explained. Unfortunately, there were plenty of times when the scrolling behavior at Hz was totally janky and stuttery rather than smooth. The last item worth discussing is the display glass. The Pixel 6 Pro features curved side edges that wrap around to meet the metal frame.
The vanilla Pixel 6 has, by way of comparison, a totally flat screen. Curved screens may be appealing visually because they typically reduce side bezels down to nothing, but the touch-sensitive curves can lead to ghost touches. I definitely noticed some accidental touches when using the Pixel 6 Pro, though not too many. Google seems to have tuned its software to properly account for the bent glass. This is most critical when typing on the software keyboard. Of course, it is highly likely Google sourced the panel from none other than Samsung.
In fact, we already have. Google has until now relied on industry-made systems-on-a-chip from market leader Qualcomm for its Pixel phones. This year, Google took a turn. It engineered a custom-made chip for the Pixel 6 series in order to bring new features and experiences to the phones that it says were not possible with other chips.
The new processor is called Tensor. This DynamIQ configuration includes a mix of efficiency cores, mid-range cores, and performance cores in order to spread the workload around.
Other components include an advanced Image Signal Processor for photography; Context Hub for ultra-low-power ambient experiences; the Tensor security core, a dedicated and isolated Titan 2 chip for sensitive tasks; and the Google Tensor Processing Unit, which integrates machine learning on the device level.
The sum of these parts is Tensor, a chip that Google says delivers new speech, translation, text-to-speech, computational photography, videography, and security features not previously available to mobile devices.
When it comes to regular smartphone tasks, such as downloading and installing applications or swiping through the user interface or opening and closing apps, it runs mostly fine. Nothing out of the ordinary for a pre-retail device.
Gaming was not a problem for the phone, either. The 3D games I tested, including Call of Duty Mobile, ran really well and action was smooth throughout.
Running benchmarks tells a somewhat different story. In our homegrown Speed Test G benchmark, which balances CPU and GPU tests, it recorded a time of one minute 33 seconds, which is well behind the top score of one minute 13 seconds, though still competitive with other devices in the price range. Otherwise Tensor and the are using the same X1 and A55 cores.
We could also attribute the difference to the GPUs. The Snapdragon runs an Adreno , which is different from the Mali-G Whether or not those minor component differences explain the difference in benchmark scores is up for debate. Of course, benchmarking is not what matters to Google here. AI- and machine learning-driven experiences do.
Wireless is another factor in performance. The Pixel 6 Pro supports 5G. This is a slightly older modem — Samsung used it in the Galaxy S20 Exynos series handsets. The has not yet previously made an appearance in a US phone, this is its first time. More reading: The best 5G phones you can buy. Google was also sure to go with the latest Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology. The phone supports Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth performance were both excellent while I tested the device. Last, the Pixel 6 Pro has one radio the regular Pixel 6 does not. It includes an ultra-wideband chip for accurate ranging and spatial orientation.
Google went big with the battery. How is the battery life? In fact, its testing showed an average of 34 hours of battery life per charge. Screen-on time averaged about six and a half hours, which is in the ballpark for a flagship phone.
Google includes plenty of battery tech in Android 12 and the Pixel 6 Pro. This mode, typical of such a tool, kills off background apps and tasks in order to conserve power.
You can tweak it by customizing which apps are allowed to remain running. However, charging to maximum is closer to the two-hour mark, which is far slower than other flagships. Android Authority took a deep dive into the Pixel 6 Pro slow charging habits which you can read here. Google later confirmed our findings and officially revealed the Pixel 6 Pro charges at a peak rate of 23W.
Related: The best wireless chargers. The Pixel 6 Pro charges wirelessly, too. Android 12 beta is now available on devices from additional manufacturers. Visit android. You can expect to receive up to two updates automatically per month while enrolled in the program. Note: You will not receive separate monthly security updates while enrolled in the program as they will be part of the beta build.
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You will not be able to unenroll and revert back to a stable public release version of Android without first wiping all locally saved data on your device.
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