Back when Google's Pixel phones were being developed last year, it was discovered that one of the models was given
the codename marlin on the same AOSP website.
Not exact matches
Last year, before the Pixel and Pixel XL were outed to the public, they were swimming in various rumors and reports with their
codenames sailfish and
marlin.
The Pixel and Pixel XL were given the
codenames sailfish and
marlin last year, while the Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X carried the
codenames angler and bullhead.
A tag called «master - p» appeared in the AOSP repository on Tuesday, revealing that the Mountain View, California - based tech giant already started testing Android 9.0 P on the Google Pixel and Pixel XL which are still referred by their
codenames «sailfish» and «
marlin.»
Android fans will recall that Google's internal hardware
codenames tend to be sea creatures — the original Pixel and Pixel XL were known internally as «sailfish» and «
marlin.»