The Google Pixel 6 reportedly won’t ship with a charging brick in-box as Google follows Apple and Samsung’s lead.
The Google Pixel 6 will not ship with a wall charger in the box, following Samsung and Apple’s moves dropping charging bricks to reduce e-waste (and, of course, save on costs). This goes for all future Google phones, too – the just-launched Google Pixel 5a will be the last to launch with a wall charger in the box, as first reported by The Verge. While that could mean the Pixel 6 arrives in a slimmer box with nothing but the phone, we presume Google will include at least a charging and connection cable (likely USB-C to USB-C), as Apple and Samsung have done. That allows new owners to transfer over their data physically from old phone to new, if they’re averse to wirelessly uploading and downloading all their old apps and info. Of course, just because Google has joined two of the biggest smartphone companies in ditching wall chargers doesn’t mean they’ll disappear.
