Pixel 7 and 7 Pro updates, bugs and issue tracking [Cont. updated]

The “Made by Google” event was held on October 7, where new hardware products were revealed. During the conference we met the new one Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro.

Both phones come with some improvements in both hardware and software compared to the Pixel 6 series. However, it is the Pro model that offers the most changes and additions.

The design of the Pixel 7 line retains the basics of the Pixel 6, only refining it to make them more attractive. On the front, the Pro model’s screen is now completely flat, without curved edges.

Moving on to the back, the ‘camera tape’ on the new phones is now the same color as the chassis. This makes the camera sensors stand out more.

The Pixel 7 and 7 Pro are powered by the new Google Tensor G2 chipset. The SoC offers improvements in power and efficiency thanks to a new 4nm manufacturing process.

Where the new chipset stands out the most is in its AI processing capabilities at the hardware level. This is the basis for some of the Pixel 7 series’ software improvements, especially in the cameras.

The vanilla Pixel 7 retains the same camera sensors as the Pixel 6 (50 MP main + 12 MP ultra-wide), but now the wide lens supports autofocus and macro mode.

On the other hand, the Pixel 7 Pro uses the same sensors and adds a 48MP telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom.

Some of the camera features include speech enhancement, 4K recording, 10-bit HDR video recording, ‘High Quality Mode’ in some third-party apps (like Snapchat and TikTok), cinematic blur, Super Zoom and more.

The vanilla Pixel 7 battery capacity is slightly lower than the Pixel 6 (4,355 mAh vs 4,614 mAh), but the more efficient chipset and slightly smaller screen should allow for similar battery life. Fast charging is now faster with 30W.

The Pro model has practically the same battery as the previous generation, but the autonomy may be better due to the more efficient chip. The fast charging is the same as the Pixel 7 (30W).

Both devices run Android 13 with stock UI and some “Pixel-exclusive” options. They will get 3 years of major Android updates and 5 years of security updates.

And here we will track all the software updates including security updates and bug fixes coming to Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro.

The Google Pixel 6 series was riddled with bugs for months and showed more problems with each update.

While we hope something like this won’t happen again with the Pixel 7 series, we’ll be keeping track of all the bugs and issues that occur on both devices from now on.

Note: We have more such stories in our dedicated Tracker section, so be sure to follow them as well.

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