Successors to Google's Nexus will be the Pixel and Pixel XL

A rumor arose earlier this week that the nexus brand may get a new successor. That now seems to be the case as another report just came in stating that the two new phones from google this year will be named under the "Pixel" brand and not the Nexus brand.

The smaller of the two phones , the Sailfish will be named "Pixel" and the 5.5 inch phone ,the Marlin, will be named "Pixel XL". Just to recap , google has already released its new software way before it released the successors to last year's Nexus 5x and 6p. Could it be that google has a new strategy and released the new software way before hand to give OEM's a taste of it? Is the Nexus brand dead? Comment on what you think down below.