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The Google Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G will not land in India
August 10, 2025
Today, Google finally took the wraps off one of the most hotly anticipated phones of the year: theGoogle Pixel 4a. It also confirmed two other devices coming later this year, namely theGoogle Pixel 4a 5Gand theGoogle Pixel 5.
While these two phones will see launches in various parts of the world before the end of 2020, there will not be Google Pixel 4a 5G or Google Pixel 5 India or Singapore launches. Google confirmed that these two countries will not see either device.
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The exact quote from the release is here:
Google Pixel 5 not coming to India or Singapore
Google’s reasoning behind not bringing the Pixel 4a 5G to India is likely pretty logical: 5G is not a thing in India so a 5G-powered version of a phone thatiscoming to India is probably not necessary.
However, the lack of a Google Pixel 5 India launch is a little stranger. We expect the Pixel 5 to also be 5G-capable, but that wouldn’t be a good enough reason to prevent it from landing in the world’s second-largest smartphone market.
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It’s possible that this news relates toGoogle’s Motion Sense: the radar-powered system used inthe Google Pixel 4 serieswhich was the main reason for the lack of an India launch in 2019. If the Google Pixel 5 has Motion Sense, that would negate an India launch all on its own.
Although, it could simply be that Google wants to give all its focus to the Google Pixel 4a when it comes to the Indian market. The fact that the Pixel 4a won’t even land there until October (and we don’t yet knowhow much it will cost), suggests a Pixel 5 could crowd up its launch.
Whatever the case, the lack of a Google Pixel 5 India release will likely be upsetting for Pixel fans there. All we can hope is that those buyers will be happy enough with the Pixel 4a, which, to be fair, isone of our best-reviewed phones of the year so far.
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