Google Pixel 5a Shows up in AOSP Just Ahead of Pixel 4a Launch
Aug. 1, 2020After months of anticipation and a boatload of leaks, Googlefinally teasedthe Pixel 4a launch date earlier this week. While we are still waiting on Google to launch the much-awaitedPixel 4a, a reference to its successor has already been spotted in the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
As you can see in the screenshot below, the latest change in the AOSP code lists not only the upcomingPixel flagshipand rumored 5G variant of the Pixel 4a but also the Pixel 5a. First spotted by the folks at9to5Google, you can see that thePixel 4a will arrive with Android 10 in towand there doesn’t seem to be a bigger Pixel 4a XL. The Pixel 5, Pixel 4a 5G, and next year’s mid-range phone – the Pixel 5a will run the latestAndroid 11out-of-the-box.
This means Google has already started work on its next mid-range phone, the Pixel 5a, but there’s nothing known about it just yet. The company could have just listed that it will arrive with Android 11 in tow because we know that Google usually announces its mid-range offering at Google I/O each year. Pixel 4a’s launch has been delayed due to thecancelationof this year’s Google I/O due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
