In essence, Google’s long-term aspiration to produce a fully custom system-on-a-chip (SoC) for its smartphones, independently of Samsung’s involvement, may have to wait until the release of the Google Pixel 10 series in 2025.
Drawing a parallel, Android Authority compares this chip upgrade to the transition between the original Tensor chip (utilized in the Pixel 6) and the Tensor G2 chip (featured in the Pixel 7) introduced a year later—a noticeable advancement, but not a significant leap in performance.
