Should I upgrade my Pixel 6?
The Google Pixel 6 went on sale on 28 October 2021. It has a 6.4-inch display, a weight of 207 g, the Google Tensor chip, a 50 MP main camera and 128 GB of storage to start. Security updates are committed until 1 October 2026. Every figure in the Google Pixel 6 specifications below links the page it came from and the date it was read.
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Is it still supported?
No. The maker’s security-update window for the Pixel 6 closed on 2026-10-01. That is the one reason to move that does not depend on any figure below.endoflife.date — Pixel, retrieved 2026-08-20
What the Pixel 10 changes
The newest Google phone in this line is the Pixel 10 at £699, released 28 August 2025. Judged row by row against our published thresholds; the full table is at Pixel 10 vs Pixel 6.
On the named third-party sources, the Pixel 10 wins on Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core) (5,397 against 3,284, both from Geekbench Browser). 3 gaps are borderline, differences most people would not notice: refresh rate (120 Hz against 90 Hz) for the Pixel 10, RAM (12 GB against 8 GB) for the Pixel 10 and wireless charging (21 W from GSMArena against 15 W from the maker) for the Pixel 6. The differences in weight, display size and battery capacity are below the thresholds you would notice. Both state the same storage (base) and fast charging. The other 37 rows have no threshold or no direction to judge by, so nobody wins them.
- Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core): 3,284 → 5,397
- Refresh rate: 90 Hz → 120 Hz borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
- RAM: 8 GB → 12 GB borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
- Wireless charging: 21 W → 15 W borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
Other makers at the price
Phones from other makers released within a year of the Pixel 10 and priced within a quarter of its £699, nearest price first, each judged the same way against your Pixel 6 — or, where that pair is not one this site indexes, against the Pixel 10.
What yours is worth
Our reading of the figures
The Pixel 6 stopped receiving security updates on 1 October 2026, so the case for moving is security, not hardware; any of the phones above closes that gap.
The Pixel 10 clears our noticeable threshold on one row: Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core). 3 more gaps are borderline, which most people would not notice. Nothing goes backwards.
At £699 new, less the £107 CeX was paying for a grade A Pixel 6 on 2026-09-11, the move costs about £592.
Every sentence above is built from the figures on this page by a rule, not written for this phone: a support date, the rows that clear a published threshold, a price and a trade-in. There is no score and no recommendation. The methodology page has the thresholds and where they come from. Every phone’s version of this page is listed at All upgrade questions.