Google is gearing up to launch a new budget smartphone — Google Pixel 6a. As the name indicates, the device will be a watered-down model of the Pixel 6 and the successor to the Pixel 5a smartphone.

Ahead of the official announcement of the Google Pixel 6a smartphone, there have been a few leaks, revealing some key details about the upcoming device. Now, a new report has shed more light on the camera features.

The latest report claims that the upcoming Pixel 6a will lack the Motion Mode for the camera department. The feature adds blurs to the moving part and action pan, which applies a blur effect to the background.

A report coming from XDA-Developers indicates that the code for displaying Pixel Tips about Motion Mode has excluded a device codenamed “bluejay,” which is said to be the identifier for the Pixel 6a.

The reason behind excluding this feature from the device could be because of the lack of a 50-megapixel camera sensor on the Pixel 6a as it needs a higher-resolution sensor to work. The phone is expected to have a 12.2-megapixel primary sensor which it has been using for the past few years on its Pixel A-series smartphones.

Based on the information leaked so far, it appears that the Google Pixel 6a will continue to have the same design as its predecessor, featuring a 6.2-inch display. Internally, the device will come powered by the Google Tensor SoC, which is powering the Pixel 6 series phones.

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Google recently launched its flagship Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones which are touted as the best Android smartphones right now. However, they are not perfect as the premium phones have several issues.

One of the issues on the phone is slow fingerprint recognition but it seems that the tech giant has something up its sleeves to make the unlocking process a bit faster. It appears that the company is planning to introduce Face Unlock for the Pixel 6 lineup pretty soon.

Interestingly, the Face Unlock feature on the Pixel 6 series smartphones was spotted in earlier leaks but the functionality was removed when the devices were launched. Now, an XDA Developers contributor Freak07 has found references to the Face Unlock feature, hinting that the feature could be rolled out.

The feature is being referred to as Tuscany internally and it appears that Google is trying to make it more power-efficient and this could be the reason for it being pulled out from the devices ahead of getting launched.

Do note that the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro doesn’t come with dedicated hardware for face unlocking which means that even when the feature is rolled out, it will be dependent on the phone’s front-facing camera sensor.

It’s noteworthy that the presence of the code in the repository doesn’t necessarily mean that the feature will be rolled out. So, we would advise you to take this new information with a pinch of salt.

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