The latest leaked parameters show that Google Pixel 6 Pro and Pixel 6 will use a 50-megapixel Samsung GN1 sensor as their main camera. A string of codes in the camera app in the new version of Google Android confirms this rumor, and the app has arrived with Android 12 Beta 4.
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The p21 mentioned in the code refers to the upcoming Pixel 6 series, which is connected to gn1_wide. The secret is easy to decipher. The GN1 sensor released by Samsung in May last year has a pixel size of 1.2μm. Combining them at a ratio of 4:1 can turn 50 million 1.2μm pixels into 12.5 million 2.4μm pixels.
This sensor has been used in the Vivo X60 Pro+, but it should not be confused with the GN2 sensor in the Xiaomi 11 Ultra, which has slightly larger 1.4μm pre-layered pixels and 2.8μm layered pixels. According to reports, Samsung will also manufacture custom Tensor chips for the Pixel 6 series and provide it with a communication modulation scheme-Exynos 5123B.
Google will launch Pixel 6 sometime in the fall.
