We’re not anticipating the Google Pixel Eight and Pixel Eight Professional to launch till October 2023, and but we’re already listening to issues about these telephones, with the newest leak revealing their doable codenames and a few potential specs.

WinFuture (opens in new tab) – by way of Telephone Enviornment (opens in new tab) – has discovered some “publicly accessible code sources” that point out two new Google machine codenames. These are “Shiba” and “Husky”, that are broadly in step with the codenames utilized by the Pixel 7 line; because the Pixel 7 was generally known as Panther and the Pixel 7 Professional as Cheetah. So massive cats quite than canine, however shut sufficient.

That’s not the one proof that these codenames could be connected to the Google Pixel Eight and Pixel Eight Professional although, because the code exhibits these gadgets working Android 14 and having a chipset codenamed “Zuma”, which has the identical modem because the Tensor G2, used within the Pixel 7 line.

That rounds issues down a bit, however there are additionally display particulars, which all however affirm we’re taking a look at smartphones right here. Apparently the Shiba has a 1080 x 2268 show, whereas the Husky has a 1344 x 2822 display.

So, the Husky is increased decision, and might be due to this fact the Pixel Eight Professional, with the Shiba being the usual Pixel 8. These resolutions are marginally decrease than their Pixel 7 siblings, however in the identical ballpark, and are the types of counts you’ll generally see on present smartphones.

There’s one last spec right here too, and it’s the identical on each gadgets. Apparently, they’ll each have a hefty 12GB of RAM – although, after all, it’s doable there shall be different configurations too.

We might take all of this with a pinch of salt, and even when these gadgets are actual, it’s doable they’re one thing aside from the Pixel Eight line, however these telephones appear the plain match.

Evaluation: 12GB of RAM can be a giant improve for the Pixel 8

Whereas the Pixel 7 Professional already comes with 12GB of RAM, consumers of the usual Pixel 7 are restricted to only 8GB, so a transfer to 12GB for the Google Pixel Eight can be a considerable improve.

It might additionally counsel that Google is probably placing extra of a give attention to energy in its telephones, which is bound to be welcomed, as whereas the Pixel 7 line excels in loads of methods, the Tensor G2 chipset these telephones use isn’t as highly effective as its rivals.

Certainly, it’s the chipset that’s missing greater than the RAM, however a transfer to extra RAM will not damage, and there’s an opportunity that that is a part of a wider technique from Google to prioritize energy; which could imply the Tensor G3 – or regardless of the Pixel 8’s chipset finally ends up being referred to as – is considerably beefier than the G2.

That’s simply hypothesis for now, however it’s actually a risk. It’s additionally doable that – if the Pixel Eight does include 12GB of RAM – there could be a model of the Pixel Eight Professional with 16GB of RAM, to assist differentiate the fashions.

We in all probability gained’t discover out for certain till late 2023, however from what we’ve heard to this point these are already shaping as much as be a number of the finest telephones of that yr.