Google Pixel 5a 5G to launch in United States, Japan later this year

Amid the reports of Google Pixel 5a 5G getting cancelled following the global chip shortage, the company said the upcoming smartphone will be released in the US and Japan later this year.

According to two sources familiar with the matter, Android Central came to believe that the Google Pixel 5a 5G was cancelled in its entirety.

Pixel 5a 5G is not cancelled. It will be available later this year in the US and Japan and announced in line with when last year’s a-series phone was introduced, a Google spokesperson said.

The upcoming mid-range smartphone was expected to be launched at this year’s Google I/O developer conference alongside the rumored Pixel Buds A.