Pixel 5a Appears Alongside 4a 5G, As Google Winds Down On Pixel 2

Google will definitely be delivering on a Pixel 5a in 2021, following on a 5G variant of the Pixel 4a. The latter of those devices will undoubtedly launch this year, with the company shifting efforts away from the Pixel ii. That's all according to a contempo alter in the Android source code spotted by 9to5Google.

In the documentation, a Google developer is outlining the Pixel line-up as information technology stands. A note nigh the bottom indicates where the bulk of efforts need to be placed moving forward. In detail, the developer notes that work should be washed on lines 28 and upwardly. There are also letter of the alphabet-indicators, presumably showcasing which version of Android the gadgets launched with.

Among those devices listed in the code, particularly those that will exist worked on, are two devices that had been rumored. Simply neither had been 100-percentage confirmed. The commencement is a Pixel 4a 5G. Secondary to that, the list shows a Pixel 5a. Both are listed aslope the Pixel 3 and 3a serial from Google, equally well every bit the Pixel 5 and 4a.

So does this mean that a Google Pixel 4a 5g and Pixel 5a are in the works?

The curt answer to the question at hand is a resounding "yes." Google does announced to exist working on both gadgets. And both of the now-confirmed devices, too as the Pixel 5 will land running Android eleven — designated as "(R)."

But, as noted above, both devices were effectively expected. In the case of the Google Pixel 4a 5G, a source code teardown all but confirmed as much already. The Pixel v, given Google's naming convention for the series and the popularity of the previous gadgets, was a given. So the biggest takeaway here seems to be that Google is already looking forwards to the release of a new mid-ranger to follow-up on the 4a.

The timing of the addition, in conjunction with Google'due south previous release timeline also seems to confirm the company volition hold to that tradition. Namely, that Google will continue launching its new 'a' series gadgets toward mid-year. The more than expensive standard Pixel devices, conversely, will continue launching toward the terminate of the year.

What else does this give away?

There may also be some boosted hints nigh the Google Pixel 5a and Pixel 5 in the newly-spotted code. In particular, there might exist something in what the listingdoesn'tsay. The list deliberately indicates both a 4G and 5G Google Pixel 4a. Just information technology says zippo well-nigh the handset's successor. Or well-nigh 5G for the Pixel 5. So it seems likely that after the Pixel 4a, Google's homegrown devices volition all send with 5G support.