Rumor: Google will not come with Pixel 5 XL but only Pixel 5, 4a and 4a 5g

Clues in the code from Google’s search app indicate that the next Pixel phones will have a different lineup than expected. Instead of a Pixel 5 and a Pixel 5 XL, only the former seems to be coming out, along with the Pixel 4a and something called the “Pixel 4a (5G).”

The code was found by 9to5Google, which looked at the code of a beta version of the Google Search app. The site specifically looked for references to “redfin” and “bramble,” the code names for two upcoming Google phones that would both have a Snapdragon 765G processor.

From the code, 9to5Google infers that redfin and bramble are not the Pixel 5 and Pixel 5 XL, as previously believed. Bramble would also not be the Pixel 4a about which a lot of information has already been leaked, but another device, the ‘Pixel 4a (5G)’. The name and the Snapdragon 765G soc show that the device will receive 5G support. The phone codenamed redfin is said to be a Pixel 5, which has the same 5g processor. The Pixel 4a itself would have been given a different code name, sunfish, and that phone would have a Snapdragon 730-soc.

That means that there may not be a Pixel 5 XL coming out. Google has always released a standard version of the Pixel along with a larger XL version, but may be moving away from that. In addition, there would no reference to the Pixel 5 XL at all in the code.