The alliance between Google and Samsung is weaker than ever, maybe about to break. Together, these giants started a golden era on Android, collaborating in ‘hardware’ and ‘software’ in their own projects. That will end.
Maybe the end of this idyll was inevitable. After all, Samsung and Google are not only allied, also direct competitors In increasing sectors, and there is a point where it makes no sense ‘help’ your rival.
This week, we talk about how Samsung means goodbye to Google, betting on the AI of Perplexity to replace Gemini in the next Galaxy S26; But Google has not been left behind in its intention to abandon Samsung.
The next Pixel 10 range will be one of the most important launched by Google throughout its history; will be your first smartphones that They will use a g -tensioner processor that has not been manufactured by Samsung.
The G5 tensioner will be the first Google processor manufactured by TSMC, but that does not mean that Samsung will disappear completely from the Pixel, at least not for now. And is that Pixel 10 will still have Samsung components.
Specifically, the last filtration of Pixel 10 pro published this week He has also revealed that the pixel 10 They will use the samsung exynmos 5400 For everything related to connectivity, including 5G.
That is a family modem, taking into account that Fthat premiered with the Pixel 9 range; Indeed, Pixel 10 will use the same modem, something surprising considering that rumors talked about a mediatek modem.
For some reason that has not been revealed, Google has had no choice but Back to Samsung’s modems for pixel 10; That, although his initial intention was to make the leap to the Mediatek modems.
Samsung’s exyms modems have been precisely one of the most criticized parts of the Pixel, especially the old model, exynos 5300. Some users have complained about Connection losses and high battery consumption.
Samsung tried to solve these problems with exynos 5400, but still Google tried to make the leap to MediaTk hoping to obtain greater energy efficiency; Some plans that have now been canceled.
The good news is that The exynos 5400 is a good modem that should not give problems in Pixel 10; But it is worth asking why Google has not been able to get rid of Samsung as its intention.
Google may have made the decision to continue with the exynos 5400 to Do not adopt so many changes at the same timeadding to the change of manufacturer with the G5 tensioner and changes in the chip design with a process now 3 Nm.
On the other hand, another theory is that simply, Google has exynos 5400 modems and wants to take advantage of them instead of making a great investment in buying new ones. Or it may be a combination of several reasons.
