Galaxy Fold-style Pixel foldable, ‘Jumbojack,’ spotted in Android 12.1 - 9to5Google

For over a year now, we’ve been watching with anticipation as Google develops its first foldable Pixel phone, codenamed “Passport.” Thanks to details in the upcoming Android 12.1, we’ve learned that Google has another foldable Pixel in the works, codenamed “Jumbojack.”.

Last year, we uncovered the first real evidence of Google having a foldable device in the works.

In development under the codename “Passport,” this device was slated, at least at that time, to release in “Q4 2021.” In the time since then, details about the device have become more concrete, with minor tidbits about that foldable even appearing in Android 12 Beta builds.

According to a source familiar with the development of Android, the upcoming mid-cycle release that we’re tentatively calling “Android 12.1” includes details about a second Pixel foldable.

There are multiple instances of Jumbojack being used as a tester device as, at the time, it was, and perhaps still is, the only foldable running Android 12.

For instance, Google used it to test the addition of “posture” to Android APIs, with posture being hinge positions like “opened,” “closed,” “half-opened,” and “flipped.” One plausible explanation is that Jumbojack is simply an internal testing device, however, Google also explicitly refers to it as a “Pixel.”.

While the inclusion of these features ahead of Android 12.1 could speak to this foldable Pixel coming before that mid-cycle release, we’ve not yet seen any signs of Jumbojack appearing in the usual Pixel apps.