Google has stopped production of its Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G smartphones. The company announced this in a statement to tech website The Verge. The company introduced the Pixel 5a earlier this week and will launch the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro this fall.

Earlier there were indications that Google would stop producing and selling its Pixel 5 and 4a 5G smartphones. The devices were already sold out at Google’s web store in America and the phones have also disappeared from the Google Fi store, as noted 9to5Google At the end of July. The company now confirms that the edge That phones are no longer produced and only the latest stocks are currently being sold.

Using our current forecast, we expect the Pixel 4a (5G) and Pixel 5 to be sold in the Google Store in the US in the coming weeks after the launch of the Pixel 5a (5G). These products will continue to be available through some partners for as long as the company says. At least the phones remain. Until the end of 2023 receive updates. Google has stopped Last year in August It also sold its Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL devices about two months before the release of the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a.

The Google Pixel 4a 5G was replaced earlier this month by Pixel 5a 5G smartphoneIt is therefore not surprising that production of 4a devices has been discontinued. At the same time, the Pixel 5 5G is not yet available in Europe, while this was the case with Pixel 4a smartphones. Later this year, Google will also release Pixel 6 smartphonesWhich will fall into a higher market segment than the Pixel 5.