Basic Root Question

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alienjon

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I very recently purchased (as in less than a week ago) a Google Pixel (5") from the Google Play store. I would like to root it, but have a few questions that I could only seem to find vague answers to online. Firstly, does the Google Play purchased version of this phone come automatically with an unlocked bootloader? I saw several posts online that this was the case, but the posts are all pretty old (10/2016, about 9 months ago) and nothing really since then. Is there a way to verify/check if the bootloader is unlocked?

Secondly, the phone I got has Android 7.1.2 (build NKG47L). These - posts look to be the most recent info on rooting this phone, but they mention a different build number. Does anyone know if this is still an accurate process?
 
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