There might not be many major improvements over last year’s Google phones, but this one looks likely.
We know that the Google Pixel 7 and Google Pixel 7 Pro are real and on the way later this year, but we don’t have too much in the way of official information about them. Now newly uncovered details reveal a little bit more about what to expect from these phones. You may remember that a previous leak suggested that the Pixel 7 and the Pixel 7 Pro would use the same Samsung-made displays as their predecessors – but the latest analysis of tweaked Android source code suggests that’s not quite right. As flagged by Mishaal Rahman (opens in new tab) (via SamMobile (opens in new tab)), the Pixel 7 Pro may be using a slightly different Samsung display panel: one with the same 3120 x 1440 pixel resolution, but a higher maximum brightness level. If we’re interpreting the Android code correctly – which is being updated in preparation for the Pixel 7 phones – the Pixel 7 Pro will be able to hit 600 nits of brightness in manual mode (up from a maximum of 500 nits on the Google Pixel 6 Pro).
