Google to drop Active Edge feature in Pixel 4a

Google’s budget smartphone, Pixel 4a, has been in the news for quite some time now. Reports in the past have not only detailed the expected price and specification of the upcoming smartphone, but also given us a glimpse of how efficiently the phone’s camera would work. Now, a new report says that the Pixel 4a will be missing a key feature that has been a standard on Pixel smartphones since the launch of the Google Pixel 2.

Multiple sources have confirmed that Google is planning to drop the Active Edge feature in its Pixel 4a smartphone.

To you a brief about the feature: Google first introduced Active Edge in its second generation Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones. The feature allowed users to invoke Google Assistant by squeezing the sides of the phone. HTC offered a similar feature in its phones before it was acquired by Google back in 2017