TL;DR
- New code found in the Google Camera app suggests the Pixel 7 may be getting a selfie camera upgrade.
- It will apparently support 4K video recording, unlike the vanilla Pixel 6 which didn’t have the feature.
Information about the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro has been trickling in since Google confirmed the phones will launch this fall. Today, 9to5Google found some more tidbits about the selfie shooter on the upcoming phones.
According to code sequences in the Google Camera app, the front camera on the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro should be able to record 4K videos.
This is in contrast to the Pixel 6 series, where only the pro variant can shoot 4K videos from the selfie camera. The Baseline Pixel 6 limits video recording to FHD resolution. It also uses an 8MP selfie camera instead of the Pixel 6 Pro’s 11.1MP sensor.
There’s no confirmation on the selfie sensor on the Pixel 7 series, but 9to5Google reports that there aren’t too many differences in the code for the phones within the Google Camera app. It’s possible that Google will use the same 11.1MP camera from last year on both of the new Pixels, but we’re not sure.
Meanwhile, the code also revealed some details about the camera on the upcoming Pixel Tablet. Since the tablet will be launched in 2023, you should view these findings with some skepticism.
The code shows that the Pixel Tablet will not have support for 4K video recording. Several other camera features from the Pixel 6 phones may also be missing from the tablet, which is understandable. Google’s tablet may be intended for indoor use as a smart home device, so it wouldn’t make sense to equip it with all the fancy Pixel 6 camera features.