Google said to be readying a custom chip for Pixels and Chromebooks

[Chris Smith]

• The Pixel 5 is rumored to have a mid-range Qualcomm Snapdragon processor rather than the chip that powers the Galaxy S20.
• Google is reportedly looking into a radical silicon change for next year's Pixel 6.
• Following in Apple's footsteps, Google will create its own mobile chips in partnership with Samsung.
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Ever since Google pivoted from the Nexus to the Pixel, it felt like Google has been one step behind Apple. The Pixels were inspired by the iPhone and closely followed Apple's design and feature sets. The first Pixel looked too much like an iPhone 6. Google then copied everything else that Apple did.

It killed the headphone jack a year after Apple did, and introduced 3D face recognition support two years after Apple. Wireless charging came to the Pixel 3 a year after Apple finally embraced wireless charging (though a few older Nexus phones did support wireless charging). As for the all-screen smartphone design, Google followed Apple as well, and that's when it changed the Android navigation menu, which now looks a lot like the iPhone's. Google also took its time moving to dual-lens cameras on its phones several years after Apple, although the Pixel camera is one department where Google's phones shine. But even then, the Pixel 4's rear camera design looked just like the rumored iPhone 11 camera design. And that iPhone rumor turned out to be true.

Google is now said to be doing something totally different with the Pixel 5 than what you'd expect from the company, and it's certainly not something that Apple has ever done. The new phone is rumored to have a mid-range Qualcomm processor rather than the chip that powers most other flagships.

This brings us, however, to the most exciting Pixel rumor to date. Google is finally getting the only iPhone feature Google should have ever copied: A custom chip.

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