The details are extremely sparse so far, but we do know that two new devices code -
named Muskie and Walleye are in development at Google's Mountain View labs.
A new device has been spotted in AOSP with
the name muskie and other than the name, there are other interesting bits of information that folks at XDA Developers have come across.
Not exact matches
Victor J. Garo, the Massachusetts lawyer who devoted nearly three decades of pro bono work to help clear his client's
name, will be honored by the American Bar Association with its Edmund S.
Muskie Pro Bono Service Award.
Continuing with the fish
naming scheme used for past Nexus and Pixel devices, «walleye «is possibly the smaller phone and «
muskie «is the larger.
This information comes from multiple sources speaking to Droid Life, sources which also corroborate the Walleye and
Muskie leak, meaning this is likely a third phone, rather than just an alternate
name for one of those.
According to some sleuthing from Android Police, «Walleye» and «
Muskie» may be the monikers used to refer to Google's next two Pixel devices (the different
names denote different sizes), carrying on a long tradition of marine - themed codenames.
The report says Google has cancelled the sequel of Google Pixel XL, which was reportedly code -
named «
Muskie».
The code
names were leaked online earlier, though Google Pixel 2 series was also supposed to include a device with the code
name «
Muskie».
The code -
names for the three Pixel smartphones for 2017 are reportedly «Walleye», «
Muskie», and «Taimen».
The device, codenamed «
muskie,» was intended to succeed the Pixel XL...» Google likes to use fish
names as code -
names for test phones.
In continuing that trend, Google appears to be code
naming the next two Google Pixel flagships «
muskie» and «walleye», per a report by David Ruddock over at Android Police.
According to rumors, Google cancelled the mid-sized Pixel 2 XL that was code -
named «
Muskie» and went instead with an even larger phone code -
named «Taimen».
Walleye,
Muskie and Taimen are supposed the
names of the next - generation Google Pixel phones that will be getting the Snapdragon 835.
Modified code in the Android Open Source Project gerrit associates changes relating to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 to target devices codenamed «Walleye,» «
Muskie,» and «Taimen,» all three apparently being operative
names of the next generation Google Pixel devices.
Those are
names of fish: Walleye was believed to be the smallest of the bunch, and
Muskie was thought to be the replacement for the Google Pixel XL.
From its reporting, Android Police believes the
names are «walleye» and «
muskie,» with the latter being the larger device.