Google is testing the MediaTek T900 modem in the early models of the Pixel 10 phone. Currently, not much information is available about this modem; But it will likely support the 5G 3GPP Release 17 standard.
Over the past month, a lot of information has been leaked about Google’s in-house designed Tensor G5 and Tensor G6 chips. All devices that use Tensor processors designed in collaboration with Samsung use Exynos modems; But with Google becoming completely independent, it is no longer necessary to continue this practice.
According to Android Authority’s report from one of Google’s internal sources, Google’s plan for the modem it plans to use in the Pixel 10 series has been revealed.
Currently, only three companies, Samsung, Qualcomm, and MediaTek have advanced 5G modems. Google did not have many options in this field; Unless he wanted to build his own modem, which was risky and much more expensive even with a 5G ready IP block, like Siva’s PentaG2.
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Google evaluated all available options, including Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X75 modem; The modem used in the iPhone 16 series. According to Apple, this company also plans to switch from Qualcomm to its internal modems in the coming years. However, in the end, Google decided to use MediaTek’s unannounced T900 modem in the next Pixel series.
There is still almost no information about the new Mediatek modem; except that it is based on Mediatek’s M85 generation modem IP. M70 supported Release 15 standard, M80 upgraded to Release 16; Therefore, it can be expected that M85 will support Release 17 or even later.
