The Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL are the first Pixel smartphones to have a refresh rate greater than 60Hz. However, it turns out the feature should have been available on last year’s Pixel 3.
The info was released in the most recent episode of Android Developers Backstage podcast by Andrew Wright, a member of the Android Framework team. According to him, the smaller Pixel 3 was not supposed to have an OLED display for a number of reasons he didn’t disclose. As an alternative to the OLED screen, Google considered using a Sharp LCD display with a 120Hz refresh rate.
As we all know, that never happened and the smaller Pixel 3 which thankfully doesn’t have the ugly notch of its bigger sibling launched with an OLED display. Unfortunately, Wright didn’t state the reasons why they eventually went with an OLED display.
Since both the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL have 90Hz refresh rates, we shouldn’t expect any less from the future Pixels. If we are being too optimistic, we may even see the Pixel 4a and Pixel 4a XL come with displays with a high refresh rate too.
Next year, more phones will launch with a high refresh rate. Samsung’s S11 series will join the bandwagon with 120Hz displays and the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro will either keep the 90Hz refresh rate of their predecessors or jump to 120Hz. The Xiaomi Mi 10 is also expected to have a display with a high refresh rate.
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