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Google Pixel 2: Code names indicate pixel successors and a new Nexus

Google, the internet giant is working on pixel 2. Now for the first time the codenames of the new Google smartphones have been revealed. So the pixel 2 internally to the name "Walleye" and the pixel XL 2 to the name "Muskie". A third device with the code name "Taimen" provides for speculation. Does Google plan a new Nexus smartphone?Will Google work on three new smartphones for the year 2017? According to media reports, the company is developing the Google Pixel and the Google Pixel XL as codename "Walleye" and "Muskie". "Walleye" is the smaller Google pixel 2, "Muskie" is the Pixel XL 2, reports the usually well-informed US blog Android Police. A reference to "Walleye" has already been discovered in the Android source code.
According to the web page "Droid Life", "Taimen" is said to be another new Google smartphone, which will show a larger screen than Pixel XL 2 to the informer of the website. Possibly, the display will measure six inches in the diagonal. According to Droid Life, "Taimen" is not likely to be marketed under the "Google Pixel" brand. So far the information here is very daring.

This is what the code names mean

What do the code names "Walleye", "Muskie" and "Taimen" mean? Traditionally, Google is designing new devices internally for fish and / or fish species, which was earlier in the Nexus smartphones. So the Nexus 6 was called "Shamu" because of its size. A homage to the killer whale from the SeaWorld shows.

The Nexus 5X was developed under the codename "Bullhead", the English term for catwels. The first pixel devices internally on Google called "Sailfish" (fanfish) and "Marlin" (spearfish). "Walleye" and "Muskie" are also fish species. "Walleye" is the English name for glass eye bass. Taimen, on the other hand, is a very large species of salmon.

Google Pixel 2 - Release, price and rumors

Google will unveil 2017 presumably successor for its pixel smartphones. In the net, first rumors circulate to a supposed Google pixel 2. The summarize of what Mono-live.com knew so far about the new Google smartphones.

In 2016 Google introduced its Nexus series and replaced the device family with the new product range Google Pixel. With the five-inch Google pixel and the 5.5-inch Google Pixel XL, the manufacturer launched two smartphones under the new name on the market. Both devices, however, did not differ from the size.

This year, Google will probably present successors for the pixel devices. In the following you will learn what Mono-live.com knew about the Google Pixel 2 and the Pixel XL 2.

Release: When will the new Google smartphones appear?

There is not yet a release date for Google Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2. The first pixel smartphones appeared on 4 October 2016. It is therefore to be expected that Google will bring the successors in October 2017 on the market.

Price: How expensive are the new pixel smartphones

Also unclear is how expensive the new Google smartphones will be. Both the Google pixel and the pixel XL were anything but favorable. The prices began at 759 and 899 euros respectively. Currently there are rumors that Google will release a more affordable pixel model this year. However, this remains to be seen.