Google doc mentions development foldable Pixel smartphone

The site 9to5Google has seen a document in which Google mentions the development of a Pixel smartphone with a folding screen. It should be released before the end of next year, the document said.

The phone would be codenamed Passport, 9to5Google mentions. That was the name of a BlackBerry smartphone from 2014, but probably indicates that it is a device with a folding screen on the inside, such as the Samsung Galaxy Fold, Z Fold2, Z Flip and the Motorola Razr. A folding screen can also be on the outside, such as with the Huawei Mate Xs.

In addition to the Passport, there are more code names in the document, including two names that refer to Pixel 6 models. There is also a Pixel 5a mentioned in the document that should be released next spring. The Pixel 3a came out in May last year, but the Pixel 4a faced a postponement and will be released in two weeks.

The site notes that it is an internal document aimed at development and that not all telephones will eventually go into production. The document also states the ‘muskie’, a prototype that HTC had in development and that Pixel 2 XL should have become. Instead, it became the HTC U11 +. Google has not responded to 9to5Google on information from the document.