Generally speaking, companies don’t acknowledge the existence of new smartphones until the official unveiling, even though everyone knows they’re coming. To that end, the Pixel 10 is guaranteed to follow 2024’s Pixel 9 and 2023’s Pixel 8 later this year, and we’ve even seen leaked renders of what it might look like.

The Google Pixel 9a was made official earlier this week, but we're already well into rumor season for the Pixel 10 due later this year – and the handset just popped up in Android's codebase, with a hint of a useful speed upgrade.

The Pixel 10's been leaking this month. We've seen renders that show designs extremely similar to last year's Pixel 9 phones, plus specs for the Tensor G5 chip that'll power Google's new devices. Now, as spotted by Mishaal Rahman, a code change in AOSP mentions the Pixel 10, and promises a performance boost in one specific area.