Google Pixel series is here, but it's not for India | Economic Times

The tech firm Google on Tuesday launched the Pixel series, Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro that come with Tensor chipset to which enhances AI functionalities. The Tensor chip flaunts the Titan M2 security chip that Google says has the most layers of security. The smartphones come packed with Android 12 out of the box with the Material You interface, and Google is promising up to five years of security updates.The Pixel 6 is priced at $599 while the Pixel 6 Pro will be available at the starting price of $899 and will come in three colours -- white, black, and light gold. Pixel 6 has black, red, and blue options. The phones will be available on store shelves with all major US carriers starting on October 28.Though the launch event was a huge success and the products unveiled at the event look promising, don't get your hopes up as the smartphones will not be coming to India. The tech giant had earlier this year revealed that the Pixel 6 series will hit the markets in eight regions in the beginning and India did not made the cut. The new smartphones will not be launched in countries such as India, China, European countries and Middle East during the initial stages. For last two years, the tech giant hasn't launched its Pixel collection in India. At the previous launch event, Google had informed that the Project Soli, a chip that powers the Motion Sense and Face Unlock features while using spectrum in the 60 GHz frequency range, wasn't approved in India.The Pixel series launched on Tuesday is powered by Google's in-house chip, Tensor. The Pixel 6 will come with a 6.4-inch OLED display, while the Pixel 6 Pro will come with a 6.7-inch LTPO display that will come with a variable refresh rate ranging from 10Hz to 120Hz.Powerful cameraThe Pixel series boast a powerful set-up of optics as both the smartphones have a 50MP sensor with f/1.85-inch aperture and 1/1.3-inch sensor size. The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro also have a 12MP ultra-wide camera with 114-degres FOV. The Pixel 6 Pro gets a third 48MP telephoto camera with 4x optical zoom and 20X digital zoomOther key camera features also include Magic Eraser that will easily remove unwanted materials in the background, to give you a more defined focus-capture. For video, the smartphones can shoot up to 4K 60fps paired with Google's auto HDR image processing, or capture up to 240fps slow-mo video at 1080p.