Google confirms they will release the Pixel 2 this year

MWC 2017 - Google's Pixel smartphone was one of the best phones of last year, and the company has just confirmed that its successor will come this year.

Rick Osterloh, VP of Hardware at Google, confirmed this to Android Pit in a briefing at MWC.

There is an annual rhythm in the industry. So, you can count on us to follow it. You can count on a successor this year, even if you don't hear a date from me now.

• Read more: Nothing has cancelled the CMF Phone 2 Pro's successor, blaming memory prices for making it unaffordable
• Read more: Qualcomm and Google announce development of new Android PCs
• Read more: Google's new Pixel 11 Series unveiled, powered by Google Tensor G6 and Gemini Nano AI

Osterloh also confirmed that this year's Pixel would have more or less the same price as the original phone, meaning that we are looking at another premium device.

The current Google Pixel was launch in October last year, so we probably won't see the next Pixel anytime soon.