Google Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL review: great build quality, brighter screens, and faster fingerprint sensors, but the AI features are inconsistent
Google has beaten Apple this year to introduce its latest hardware, including the Pixel 9 series. Mark Knapp / IGN : Google Pixel 9 Review 91mobiles on YouTube : Google Pixel 9 Pro XL Review: Camera, Gaming, Gemini AI & Battery Tested CNET on YouTube : Google Pixel 9 Review: All About AI. But That's Not Why You Should Buy It Adam Doud / CNN : The Google Pixel 9 is a big upgrade with a price bump to match GSMArena.com : Google Pixel 9 Pro XL review Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica : Pixel 9 phones: The Gemini AI stuff, reviewed Steve Hogarty / The Independent : Google Pixel 9 Pro XL review: Gemini finally finds its voice on Pixel Magnus Groth-Andersen / Gamereactor UK : Google Pixel 9 Pro XL Derrek Lee / Android Central : Google Pixel 9 initial review: More AI for more money Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central : Google Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL initial review: Two sizes, one vision Florence Ion / Gizmodo : Google Pixel 9 Pro XL Early Review: Google's Android Phone Is Doing Its Best iPhone Impression Ciara O'Brien / The Irish Times : Google Pixel 9 Pro XL review: AI comes to your Android smartphone Andrew Lanxon / CNET : Pixel 9 Pro XL Review: Google Goes All In on AI, for Better or Worse Lisa Eadicicco / CNET : Google Pixel 9 Review: Chock-Full of AI. But That's Not What Makes It Great Joshua Waller / Amateur Photographer : Google Pixel 9 Pro XL Review - Is this the best Pixel ever made? Philip Michaels / Tom's Guide : Google Pixel 9 Pro review: A smarter and smaller flagship Tom Pritchard / Tom's Guide : Google Pixel 9 review: Great cameras, longer battery life Kimberly Gedeon / Mashable : Google Pixel 9 Pro XL review: 3 ways it beats the iPhone 15 Pro Max Ellie Davis / London Evening Standard : Google Pixel 9 Pro review: is it worth the price tag? Adrian Weckler / Irish Independent : Pixel 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL review: come for the cameras, stay for the AI Mishaal Rahman / Android Police : The Google Pixel 9 supports display output out of the box, but it isn't very useful Abner Li / 9to5Google : Pixel 9 Pro review: Smartphone gone smarter Chris Burns / SlashGear : Google Pixel 9 Review: Here's What You Need And The Pro You Won't Miss Chris Burns / SlashGear : Google Pixel 9 Pro Review (And 9 Pro XL Too): Here's The Difference Kerry Wan / ZDNET : I replaced my Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra with the Pixel 9 Pro XL for a week - and didn't regret it Kerry Wan / ZDNET : Google Pixel 9 Pro XL vs. Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra: I tested both - Here are the big differences Philip Berne / TechRadar : Google Pixel 9 Pro review: the AI phone is here, but the future is not Threads: Chris Welch / @chriswelch : The “Reimagine” feature on Google's new Pixel 9 lineup is incredible. It's so impressive that testing it has left me feeling uneasy on multiple occasions. With a simple prompt, you can add things to photos that were never there. And the company's Gemini AI makes it look astonishingly realistic. … Nilay Patel / @reckless1280 : It seems shockingly irresponsible for Google to ship Reimagine on the Pixel 9 with virtually no guardrails on making convincing bullshit AI edits to real photos, and no labels at all! https://www.theverge.com/... Mastodon: @viticci@mastodon.macstories.net : “But you don't get it, AI actually empowers human creativity and democratizes it!” — AI: — https://www.theverge.com/... https://www.digitaltrends.com/ ... [images] X: Anshel Sag / @anshelsag : My short ‘Off The Dome’ @Google Pixel 9 Review: The build quality is on par with my iPhone 15 Pro Max The new design language is super premium and exudes quality I love the continuity across Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro, XL, etc. Gemini Live is fantastic, engaging and works great The [image] Marques Brownlee / @mkbhd : These are all Pixel “Add Me” photos where 1 person was added in with AI All of them pass as a normal photo at first glance All of them also gave dead giveaways if you pixel peep for more than 3 seconds [image] Marques Brownlee / @mkbhd : NEW VIDEO - I tested every new feature of the new Pixel 9s to see if they're any good or not. There were standouts and there were flops 🤓 Full review: https://www.youtube.com/... [video] Mishaal Rahman / @mishaalrahman : Pixel Studio on the Google Pixel 9 is one of those apps that I thought I wouldn't vibe with...but I actually had so much fun with it! I've been using it to generate images that depict my day-to-day activities, like going to the movies, visiting a museum, eating yakiniku, etc. [image] Mishaal Rahman / @mishaalrahman : Find My Device can locate your Google Pixel 9 even when it's powered off! The Pixel 9 can broadcast Bluetooth beacons even when the phone is shut down or out of battery. Details on how this works can be found 👇 https://www.androidpolice.com/ ... Mishaal Rahman / @mishaalrahman : Pixel 9 📷 samples! Full album in the comments. [image] Mishaal Rahman / @mishaalrahman : I have the Google Pixel 9 and I LOVE how premium it looks & feels! The polished glass back & satin metal finishes on the camera/frame feel great to touch, & the off-white Obsidian color is gorgeous. The amogus camera bar has grown on me, too. [image] Mishaal Rahman / @mishaalrahman : Pixel Recorder transcript summaries aren't as useless on the Pixel 9, finally! The Pixel 8 couldn't even summarize transcripts that were over 15 minutes long, but the Pixel 9 can handle much longer ones. More details on this change can be found 👇 https://www.androidauthority.com/ ... Mishaal Rahman / @mishaalrahman : The Pixel 9 is Google's first phone to support display output out of the box, but it still isn't very useful. Details of what you can do with display output on the Pixel 9 can be found 👇 https://www.androidpolice.com/ ... Arun Maini / @mrwhosetheboss : My full review of the Google Pixel 9 Pro just went up on YouTube...But I think this is one of the coolest phone features ever: The Pixel's camera is not as good at zoom photos as Samsung's. That said, it now gives you an additional option called “Zoom Enhance”, which uses AI to re-add texture and detail back into your shot. It's SO effective that this is the first time ever that a phone has been able to take good quality images at 100x times zoom...although once you start altering images with AI it does also beg the question “what counts as a photo?” 🤔 LinkedIn: Georg Zoeller : It's hard to believe Google is that irresponsible, but here we are. — Society is not ready for this technology to be scaled onto every phone, including students and young adults. … Forums: r/Android : I tried Google's new Pixel Studio app, and it's a mess r/technology : Google's AI ‘Reimagine’ tool helped us add wrecks, disasters, and corpses to our photos r/GooglePixel : The Verge: “Excellent screens and build quality”, scores an 8, Pixel 9/Pixel 9 XL Review