Pixel 6 likely to ditch Snapdragon processor may use Google-made chip instead 

As per reports, Google has been toying with the idea of introducing its own chip, and it finally seems to be on the track to launch it this year.

Google is reportedly testing its own chip for the upcoming Pixel phone. It has been reported that the company will launch its custom smartphone chip in the coming months, with the Pixel 6. As per reports, Google has been toying with the idea of introducing its own chip, and it finally seems to be on the track to launch it this year. If reports turn out to be true, Pixel phones will no longer use Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. As per 9to5 Google, Google’s custom smartphone chip which is being codenamed Whitechapel will be launched this year as the first-ever Google chip for smartphones. This would one of the many SoC’s that Google is planning to launch for its devices including the Pixel 6, Chromebooks. Currently, Apple is one of the tech companies to use its own chipsets in its iPhones, iPads, and now even MacBooks. Samsung too has Exynos, its own chipset for smartphones. Google CEO Sundar Pichai had hinted about its upcoming chipset in one of the meetings, he had said that the company would make “some deeper investments in hardware”. Google is reportedly working with Samsung for Whitechapel. This could also mean that the Google chip would be similar in nature to the Exynos, it may also share its software components. Interestingly, Samsung’s Exynos competes with the Qualcomm Snapdragon in the Android market.