Newest QPR beta features a clue telling us that the Pixel Pill 2 is being prepped

When the Pixel Pill was being developed by Google, it was identified internally by a pair of codenames, “Tangor” and later “Tangorpro.” It was the latter mannequin that finally turned the Pixel Pill. Equally, there have been two codenames for the Pixel Pill‘s dock, “Korlan” and “Yuzu.” Google launched just one dock for the slate, the Charging Speaker Dock which retains the system charged 24/7 and delivers enhanced audio. A second dock that may solely cost the pill was by no means launched.

This week, with Google pushing out Android 14 QPR3 Beta 1 for the June Function Drop, 9to5Google found a few Pixel codenames by no means seen earlier than within the beta: “Clementine” and “Kiyomi.” These two codenames might point out that Google is busy prepping the Pixel Pill 2. How can we come to that conclusion from the “Clementine” and “Kiyomi” codenames found within the new beta? 

Keep in mind how the primary Pixel Pill had codenames of “Tangor” and “Tangorpro?” A Tangor is a hybrid fruit that mixes a candy orange with one other citrus fruit. Examples of  Tangors are the Clementine and the Kiyomi, the 2 codenames discovered within the newest QPR beta launch. And that’s one signal that Google is at present growing the second-generation Pixel Pill.

The Pixel Pill 2 will in all probability maintain the identical 10.9-inch LCD show discovered on the OG mannequin and obtain an improve to the Tensor G3 chipset. That is the identical software processor (AP) used to energy the Pixel 8 sequence. The primary-generation Pixel Pill was launched with Android 13 and was up to date to Android 14. It can obtain three years of system updates and 5 years of safety updates. Contemplating that Google provides seven years of Android OS and safety updates for the Pixel 8 sequence, we might see longer assist for the Pixel Pill 2. The latter will in all probability launch with Android 14 pre-installed.