Google Pixel 6 series launches today with custom Tensor chip and Magic Eraser

In a move that signals a deeper ambition than any single product launch, Google today unveiled the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro — smartphones built around the company's first custom-designed Tensor processor. This is not merely the arrival of new hardware; it is Google's declaration that it intends to control its own destiny in mobile computing, much as Apple did when it began designing its own chips. The question now is whether the promise of tighter hardware-software harmony will translate into a reason for consumers to choose Google's vision over the familiar.