Google may launch third smartphone in 2017

A new report suggests that Google may be working on a third as yet unannounced Pixel smartphone for release in 2017.

Google is currently working on the upcoming Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, but a new report from Droid Life suggests that the company may also be developing a previously unknown third smartphone.

A recent report noted that the upcoming 2017 Pixel devices were likely codenamed ‘muskie’ and ‘walleye’, and that a third device using the codename ‘taimen’ had been reported by multiple sources.