Fun new tools include dedicated modes to blur the background when shooting a fast-moving object such as a bike, or to blur moving objects in a static scene such as the light trails of moving cars on a street at night. System animations are refined with nice touches such as the screen turning on by expanding outwards from the power button. Weirdly, it also says it’s a phone that has “just the right amount of everything”, but that really doesn’t do the Pixel 6 justice.

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Neither the Pixel 6 nor Pixel 6 Pro come with a charger, but both phones support faster charging for 50% capacity in 30 minutes when you use a 30W USB-C charger.Looking at the comparison, single-core speeds are matched with the Snapdragon 888 and Exynos 2100, but Qualcomm and Samsung’s top-end mobile chipsets both outperform Google’s in regards to multi-core processing. It’s filled to the brim with flagship trappings, with a handful of one-of-a-kind extras dotted along the way. That means that other resources could be freed for other tasks, potentially leading to better performance and battery life. The display has a 120Hz refresh rate, which means the picture on the screen will refresh twice as quickly as on handsets with a ‘standard’ 60Hz screen for a smoother experience when gaming or scrolling social media feeds.

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The Google Camera app is very good, with effective focus tracking, but there’s no dedicated macro mode.

In general, the Pixel 6 is a massive step up from its predecessors, featuring the Tensor chipset as well as a sleek new design, powerful cameras and some hardware and software tweaks to tie everything together.