Google Pixel 6a review: This phone has a lot to offer, but there’s a catch

Google was probably sick of all the “you don’t buy a Pixel for its hardware; you get it for its software (experience)” jokes, so it made its own chip— Tensor.

We’re kidding. Tensor was made because, apparently, no other chip in the market today was powerful enough to handle Google’s massive data crunching –AI/ML— ambitions. The strategy has worked wonders for Apple. Just like Cupertino, the Mountain View company isn’t keeping it locked to one or two devices, at least at the time of writing. You get it in the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro as well as the relatively more mainstream Pixel 6a. A second-generation version is on the way with the upcoming Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro.