When Android 12 rolls out, it’s likely the Google Pixel 6 will be the phone that runs it best – Google is said to be working on its own custom-made smartphone chipset, that’ll likely be designed to work hand-in-hand with the company’s upcoming phone software.

In the past Pixel phones have used Qualcomm Snapdragon processors, but news has been mounting that the company will make its own chipset this year, and another piece of information has added to that pile.

As spotted by XDA Developers, a Google engineer has left a comment and a link on Android Open Source Project (AOSP) code that refers to both “P21” (which is probably the Pixel 6) and “whitechapel” (which is probably Google’s bespoke processor for it).
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