Google ‘Accidentally’ Confirms Pixel 8a Exists; Launch Expected Soon

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Highlights
  • The Google Pixel 8a is expected to debut soon.
  • Google will equip the device with an in-house Tensor SoC.

Google has ‘accidentally’ confirmed the launch of the Google Pixel 8a smartphone in a support post. The smartphone has been mentioned on one of the company’s support pages, thus indicating that it will launch soon. Last year, the Google Pixel 7a was launched at the I/O conference, which typically takes place in early May.

A Google employee replied to a post on IssueTracker questioning the absence of the battery stats menu after the March 2024 update for Pixel smartphones. The feature was introduced with the Android 14 QPR1 update for Pixel smartphones.

The Google employee revealed that the feature will only be available with Pixel 8a and above smartphones. So yes, the reply indicates that the launch of the Pixel 8a smartphone is real, and the launch will take place soon.

The battery stats menu revealed the manufacturing date of the device and cycle counts on the Pixel smartphones. With this, Google also confirms the feature that will debut with the forthcoming smartphone.

Google is also expected to incorporate more features, including battery health status, into the battery stats menu in the future.

Google Pixel 8a Expected Specifications

Google is tipped to debut the forthcoming device in Obsidian, Porcelain, Bay, and Mint shades. The smartphone will have 8GB of RAM and 128 / 256GB of storage. The 128GB and 256GB storage variants are tipped to launch at EUR 569.90 (approx Rs 51,300) and EUR 630 (approx Rs 56,700).

The Geekbench listing obtained by the smartphone revealed the presence of an underclocked Tensor G3 chipset. The listing confirms that the Pixel 8a smartphone will run on Android 14 out of the box.

The leaked images of the smartphone’s packaging box revealed support for 27W wired fast charging tech. The packaging box also confirmed that the Google Pixel 8a has dual rear cameras. Other specifications of the upcoming Pixel 8a smartphone are unknown for now.