Google is about to replace its Nexus line with the new Pixel family of handsets. The company plans to maintain its Nexus plus devices. This means that these devices built under the Google brand would continue to receive regulated updates for a minimum of two years.

Google is set to release two new smartphones this year. The upcoming devices are called the Pixel and Pixel XL. They will come in a standard smartphone size and phablet-form respectively. Several days ago, a photo leaked by Reddit user bndki revealed what the Pixel XL might look like.

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According to Phone Arena, a couple of renders of the device soon emerged, showing slim a bezel and the G logo notably missing from the home screen. Instead, the G logo is on the handset's rear side which also features a dual color design and a fingerprint scanner. The device boasts of a 12-megapixels rear camera.

Both the Pixel XL and Pixel are expected to be manufactured by HTC. Google' latest devices are set to be unveiled on Oct. 4 at the Google I/O event.

Other rumored specs of the Pixel XL include a 5.5-inch 2560 x 1440 AMOLED screen, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 chipset, 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB or 128 GB of internal storage options. The device's front camera is expected to come with ab 8-megapixels lens while its battery is likely to be a 3540 mAh unit with USB Type-C charging support.

The readers are advised to take this information with a pinch of salt as it is still yet to be confirmed by Google.