Google may be looking to make a move similar to its fiercest competitor, Apple. The report says that Google’s upcoming smartphones for this fall, presumably including the Pixel 6 will be among the first devices to run on the GS101 chip, internally called “Whitechapel.” The 9to5Google report quoted Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s earnings call from last fall, where Pichai said …
OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei’s new company Nothing has acquired smartphone brand Essential that launched its only smartphone in 2017. The Essential brand, founded by Andy Rubin, co-founder of Android, was formally acquired by Carl Pei’s Nothing in January, according to a report in 9to5Google. This comes as one of the biggest update yet, about Carl Pei’s new venture, after the …