Google says the quiet part out loud: IP68 protection doesnâ€™t last

Aug 21, 2025 01:29 AM - 8 months ago 299097

Your Pixel 10 Pro Fold won’t beryllium water- and dust-resistant forever.

by Sean Hollister

Aug 20, 2025, 6:29 PM UTC

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Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge

Sean Hollister

is a elder editor and founding personnel of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget.

No telephone is waterproof. No telephone is dustproof. Your phone’s sealants deterioration distant complete time; erstwhile they’re exposed to brackish aliases chlorine successful your swimming water; aliases erstwhile they’re dropped, dented, aliases cracked. Your warranty doesn’t screen liquid damage; if companies find h2o successful an IP68 phone, it’s impervious you damaged it!

But while these things are each existent of each shaper in my reporting, I’ve ne'er seen a institution proactively opportunity them retired loud for illustration Google conscionable did successful advertizing materials.

Here’s the image it posted to X:

Image: Google

The good people sounds (bolding mine):

Designed to comply pinch particulate and h2o protection standing IP68 nether IEC modular 60529 erstwhile each instrumentality leaves the mill but the instrumentality is not h2o aliases particulate proof. The accessories are not h2o aliases particulate resistant. Water guidance and particulate guidance are not imperishable conditions and will diminish aliases beryllium mislaid complete time owed to normal deterioration and tear, instrumentality repair, disassembly aliases damage. Phone is not drop/tumble impervious and dropping your instrumentality whitethorn consequence successful nonaccomplishment of water/dust resistance. Damage from drops, tumbles, and different outer forces are not covered nether warranty. Liquid harm voids the warranty. See g.co/pixel/water for details.

If this interests you, I fishy you mightiness besides for illustration to publication about the reality of folding glass and the logic why almost each folding solid telephone comes pinch a integrative surface protector that you’re not expected to remove.

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