<s>
The	O
Pixel	B-Device
6a	I-Device
is	O
an	O
Android	O
smartphone	B-Application
designed	O
,	O
developed	O
,	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Pixel	B-Device
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
mid-range	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
6	I-Device
and	O
Pixel	B-Device
6	I-Device
Pro	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
May	O
11	O
,	O
2022	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
I/O	I-Application
'	O
s	O
keynote	O
speech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pixel	B-Device
6a	I-Device
is	O
built	O
with	O
an	O
aluminum	O
frame	O
,	O
a	O
plastic	O
back	O
and	O
Gorilla	O
Glass	O
3	O
for	O
the	O
screen	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
includes	O
a	O
camera	O
bar	O
and	O
two-tone	O
color	O
scheme	O
on	O
the	O
back	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
6	I-Device
and	O
Pixel	B-Device
6	I-Device
Pro	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pixel	B-Device
6a	I-Device
uses	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Tensor	B-Device
system-on-chip	O
,	O
with	O
6	O
GB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
128	O
GB	O
of	O
non-expandable	O
UFS	B-Device
3.1	I-Device
internal	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pixel	B-Device
6a	I-Device
has	O
a	O
4410	O
mAh	O
battery	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
fast	O
charging	O
at	O
up	O
to	O
18	O
W	O
.	O
It	O
has	O
an	O
IP67	O
water	O
protection	O
rating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pixel	B-Device
6a	I-Device
features	O
a	O
6.1-inch	O
1080p	O
OLED	B-Device
display	I-Device
with	O
HDR	B-General_Concept
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
display	O
has	O
a	O
20:9	O
aspect	B-Device
ratio	I-Device
,	O
and	O
a	O
circular	O
cutout	O
in	O
the	O
upper	O
center	O
for	O
the	O
front-facing	O
camera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pixel	B-Device
6a	I-Device
includes	O
dual	O
rear-facing	O
cameras	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
recording	O
4K	B-Architecture
video	I-Architecture
at	O
30	O
or	O
60	O
fps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pixel	B-Device
6a	I-Device
ships	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
12	I-Application
at	O
launch	O
,	O
coinciding	O
with	O
the	O
stable	O
release	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
12	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Android	O
Open	O
Source	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pixel	B-Device
6a	I-Device
garnered	O
overwhelming	O
praise	O
upon	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
with	O
particular	O
praise	O
toward	O
its	O
value	O
proposition	O
,	O
sustainability	O
,	O
design	O
,	O
cameras	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
flagship-level	O
"	O
performance	O
through	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
proprietary	O
Tensor	B-Device
system-on-chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
lamented	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
microSD	O
card	O
slot	O
and	O
a	O
headphone	O
jack	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
standard	O
60Hz	O
refresh	O
rate	O
screen	B-Device
which	O
they	O
felt	O
was	O
not	O
competitive	O
for	O
its	O
class	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
felt	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
did	O
not	O
deliver	O
on	O
the	O
battery	O
endurance	O
as	O
advertised	O
,	O
saying	O
the	O
device	O
's	O
battery	O
would	O
drain	O
quickly	O
within	O
24	O
hours	O
of	O
heavy	O
use	O
and	O
was	O
slow	O
to	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Likewise	O
,	O
others	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
device	O
would	O
run	O
unusually	O
hot	O
both	O
between	O
charges	O
and	O
moderate	O
to	O
heavy	O
use	O
,	O
during	O
which	O
they	O
detected	O
major	O
thermal	B-General_Concept
throttling	I-General_Concept
both	O
under	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
stress	O
tests	O
and	O
when	O
playing	O
CPU-intensive	O
titles	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Genshin	B-Application
Impact	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
makes	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
different	O
optical	O
fingerprint	O
sensor	O
than	O
the	O
ones	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
higher-end	O
Pixel	B-Device
6	I-Device
and	O
Pixel	B-Device
6	I-Device
Pro	I-Device
devices	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
issue	O
seems	O
to	O
be	O
unique	O
to	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
6a	I-Device
in	O
particular	O
.	O
</s>
