A new leak claims that Google plans to move the Pixel 9a launch date up from its usual release window by a couple of months.

Google launched the Pixel 8a budget-friendly phone a bit early during just before Google I/O, where the A-series normally debuted. This year's Pixel 9a has been rumored to be getting an even earlier March release.

The Google Pixel 9A is getting a partial price hike according to a new leak from Android Headlines. The phone will start at $499 for 128GB of storage, the same price as last year’s Pixel 8A, though there’ll be a premium to pay for the 256GB version: that will apparently cost $599, an increase of $40 on the 8A equivalent.