Google Pixel 4 takes pretty photos of stars in leaked video

Google's Pixel 4 likely won't come out until October (that's when the Pixel 3 was announced last year), but rumors are in full swing.

And today, there's a big one: A leaked official promo video, found by ProAndroid (via 9to5Google), that shows the phone in black and white colors. It also shows several previously rumored or announced features in action, including hands-free gestures and a special photography mode for taking photos of stars.

The video, which appears to be genuine, shows a user waving a hand in front of the phone to skip to the next music track. It also details some advanced Google Assistant commands, such as finding a specific set of photos that contain food and then sending them to a friend. Improved Night Sight is mentioned, and the phone is showing taking a very usable photo of a starry sky, something most phones can't do at all.

One recent rumor that wasn't confirmed was that the Pixel 4 will be available in orange or coral. It still may be true, but the color isn't shown in the promo video.

Notably, Google already features some hands-free gestures in a different, shorter promo video (above), so it's quite possible that the company will officially launch the new one soon.

Amazingly, there are more Pixel 4 rumors out today. A member of XDA Developers dug through the code of Google's Camera app and found references to several possible new camera features. These include Audio Zoom, which re-focuses the phone's microphones when you zoom in and out on the camera, Live HDR, which applies HDR to the camera viewfinder in real time, and improved wide-angle selfies (which indicates the use of a wide-angle selfie camera).

Other recent leaks indicated that the Pixel 5 will have a 90Hz display as well as a neat feature which allows Google Assistant to wait instead of you when you're put on hold.