Google Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro Canadian Pricing: From $799 CAD

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Google has officially announced its new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones, at its online Pixel Fall Launch event. Both smartphones will feature the latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence and machine learning right on the smartphones.

Google Tensor is the company’s first in-house designed processor, offering up to 80% faster performance than Pixel 5 and 370% better GPU performance.

Tensor will launch apps faster and allow for more responsive gaming, plus offer Google’s advanced on-device artificial intelligence, plus offer faster and more accurate image processing and speech recognition. Google says Tensor is also power-efficient as well to improve battery life.

Both phones also have under-display fingerprint unlocking, while are made of recycled aluminum. New Google Pixel 6 cases are also made from recycled materials as well.

The company details Live Translate, which lets users chat with people and a variety of languages across text, camera and video captioning. The feature works with English, French, German, Italian and a beta version in Japanese. Live Translate detects if a message received in a chat app like WhatsApp or Snap is in a different language, then processes a translation on-device, no network needed.

Google Pixel 6 Pro 

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Google Pixel 6 Pro Canadian pricing starts at $1,179 CAD and includes a new camera system, with features Google calls Face Deblur, Magic Eraser, Motion Mode, while the camera can now account for a wider range of human skin tones. There’s a new telephoto lens has a 4x optical zoom.

For the design, Google says Pixel 6 Pro was “inspired by the finishes you see in luxury jewelry and watches,” with its polished metal unibody, curved glass and metallic frame.

Google Pixel 6 Pro has a 6.7-inch display with refresh rates of 10-120Hz.

The Pixel 6 Pro camera has a new 1/1.3 inch sensor on the back, like the Pixel 6, which offers up to 150% more light, compared to the Pixel 5. Both Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro also have new ultra wide lenses with larger sensors.

With Pixel 6 Pro, the telephoto lens has 4x optical zoom and up to 20x Super Res Zoom, with the latter version now improved. The front camera is an upgraded ultrawide (94 degree field of view) that can now record 4K video.

Later in 2021, both Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will get a new Quick Tap to Snap feature for instant Snapchat access.

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The new pro flagship smartphone from Google has up to 24 hours of battery life, while an extreme battery saving mode can extend that to 48 hours, says the company.

Pixel 6 Pro specs include Google’s custom-built silicon chip, 12GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage, while also featuring water resistance, wireless charging and also reverse wireless charging, while also including new Titan M2 security.

  • 128GB – $1,179 CAD
  • 256GB – $1,309 CAD

The new Pixel 6 Pro will be available in Sorta Sunny, Cloudy White, Stormy Black and launch on the Google Store on October 28, 2021.

Google Pixel 6

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The Pixel 6 also includes Google’s brand-new custom-built silicon chip, an upgraded camera system with what the company says will bring DSLR camera-quality images.

Design-wise, Pixel 6 is what Google is calling its “all-around phone”, with a Camera Bar on the back with matte black metal band, to go with a 6.4-inch display.

With up to 24 hours of battery (and up to 48 hours on extreme battery saving mode), Pixel 6 also includes 8GB RAM and up to 256GB of storage. The Pixel 6 is also water resistant and similarly features wireless and reverse wireless charging and Titan M2 security.

Google Pixel 6

Camera features in Pixel 6, like Pixel 6 Pro include:

  • Face Deblur (amazing for the child on the go)
  • Magic Eraser (remove distractions from the background)
  • Motion Mode (blur landscapes to make your photo a work of art) and Live Translate

Pixel 6 is available in colours Kinda Coral, Sorta Seafoam, Stormy Black and will be available on the Google Store October 28th, with Canadian pricing from $799 CAD.

  • 128GB – $799 CAD
  • 256GB – $929 CAD

Both Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will run Android 12 of course. There will also be new specially designed cases for the phones as well from Google.

You’ll be able to pre-order these new Pixel 6 smartphones today from the Google Store, Best Buy, Rogers, Telus, Glentel, Freedom Mobile and Amazon.ca.

YouTube video

You can watch a replay of Google’s Pixel Fall Launch in the video above. The live translation demo of Japanese was pretty incredible.

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