The Google logo is displayed on the new Nexus 5X phone during a Google media event on September 29, 2015 in San Francisco, California. The latest leak suggests the Nexus smartphones might offer the users the ability to enter their phones through gesture-enabled fingerprint sensors.
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This week the folks at GFXBench appear to have received a benchmark for the next (one of two) Nexus smartphone.
While we’re still not sure this is exactly what we’re going to see on the upcoming Nexus phones, I’m a big fan of simplifying the home screen, and this launcher does just that without losing any functionality. It will arrive preloaded with Android Nougat OS.
Rumors indicate that it will be powered by Snapdragon 821 chipset and 4 GB of RAM.
Since it is a pre-release version, the Nexus launcher tends to crash when an attempt is made to change the wallpaper.
It will be called Night Light here, and it will be possible to set it to come on automatically using local sunrise and sunset data – or through a pre-set timer. Other reports indicate a possibility of the yet-to-be-announced Snapdragon 823 to be chipset of choice for the device. The camera at the rear is the famous 12MP sensor with a large pixel size and there is an 8MP snapper at the front.
Also spotted are the main and selfie cameras, which can shoot 11-megapixel and 7-megapixel photos, respectively. The firmware will also bring bundled notifications feature, enhanced Doze mode and support for Daydream. The smartphone is reportedly powered by a 2,770mAh battery.
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The Nexus Launcher leak from earlier in the week seems to have captured the attention of all Android purists because well, it involves Nexus. You’ll see more frequent updates and occasional new features like this one, though of course it could mean some bugs. It will also have the ambient display functions, “Support” tab in Settings app, “Night Light” feature. On release date, likely to happen this August, it’s expected that the two devices will be the first to debut Android 7.0 Nougat.
