Google is shaking up how it does smartphones.
Instead of a new Nexus phone, the company is said to rebrand its smartphone line this year as Pixel, the same name it gave its high-end Chromebook a few years ago.
According to Android Police, which covers Google news, Google will announce two new Pixel phones, the Pixel and the Pixel XL. The XL model will have a larger screen. Both phones are said to be built by HTC, but they won't feature any HTC branding. This is meant to be a pure Google phone, and it's a hint that Google intends to build its own hardware moving forward.
Of course, the Pixel will run the latest version of Android, called Nougat, and won't have any extra annoying software Android phone makers usually add to their devices. Google will likely sell the Pixel unlocked, too.