Does Android 12L beta reveal the existence of a Pixel Fold?

An image and a reference to the Google Pixel Fold has appeared. In the latest beta version of Android 12L, the Android version that is specially developed for foldables, a code name has surfaced. Will the Pixel Fold come after all?

Android 12L

A foldable pixel has long been considered the main product of the Android 12L project. A special Android version that is specially developed for foldables, Chrome OS and tablets. Android 12L must, among other things, deal with extra screen space in a smarter way. You can read more about this Android version in the articles below.

• Android 12L beta 1 rolled out for Pixel: this is how you get the update
• Android 12L: you get these 6 improvements on your phone
• Android 12L official: developer preview for foldables, tablets and Chrome OS

Pixel Fold discontinued or not?

The Google Pixel Fold has now been in development for about two years and the release of the device was officially planned for the fourth quarter of 2021. Reports that followed later revealed that the device should be announced this year. In a later message, however, we got the news that Ross Young, CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultant, indicated that Google would have stopped the project around the Pixel Fold. According to him, Google lost confidence in the project and the costs for the project and the final product became too high.

Now there is a second beta version of Android 12L and in this beta version erased 9to5Google find a reference to the Pixel Fold. For example, the website found a code name, ‘Pipit’, that would refer to the device and found an image with animation that seems to refer to a Pixel Fold. In the animation, which you can see below, you see a foldable device with the Google logo closed. The animation shows the SIM card slot of the device. The last animation shows the suspected Pixel Fold open. What we can see from the device is that it has a wider aspect ratio than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3.

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Trustworthy?

The codename and the animations would go to the Google Pixel Fold can refer. An argument for this is that the animations are about the same as the animations that you get when you install a ‘regular’ Pixel smartphone. On the other hand, it could also be an example animation, in which Google only takes an outline of a non-existing foldable as an example.

What does your crystal ball say, can we expect the Google Pixel Fold? Let us know in the comments below the article.