The Google Pixel Eight line is just a few months previous, and but we’re already listening to the primary rumors in regards to the Pixel 9, the Pixel 9 Professional, and even a brand new third mannequin that may debut alongside them.

Provided that the Pixel Eight and Pixel Eight Professional had been unveiled on October 4, 2023, these subsequent handsets are most likely nearly a yr away nonetheless, however Google is probably going growing them already. So it’s not too quickly to begin speaking, and speculating, about them.

As such, you’ll discover all of the credible Google Pixel 9 leaks and rumors that we have heard beneath. Early leaks largely concern the display, the design, and the chipset, however we’re positive to listen to extra about these, and about different specs and options, quickly, and we’ll replace this text as and after we do.

Based mostly on the specs and pricing of the Pixel Eight line, we’ve additionally added some hypothesis and educated guesses about different features of the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Professional, adopted by a want listing of the important thing enhancements we most wish to see, bearing in mind our impressions in our Pixel Eight evaluate and our Pixel Eight Professional evaluate.

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Leaked renders of the Pixel 9 have emerged, exhibiting a brand new design and an additional digicam.

Lower to the chase

• What’s it? The following high-end cellphone from Google
• When is it out? Most likely October 2024
• How a lot will it value? Doubtless upwards of $699 / £699 / AU$1,199

Google Pixel 9: potential launch date and value

• Prone to launch in October 2024
• Will most likely value not less than $699 / £699 / AU$1,199

There aren’t any Google Pixel 9 launch date rumors but, however the Pixel Eight was introduced on October Four of 2023 and the Pixel 7 was unveiled on October 6 of 2022, so early October of 2024 appears seemingly for the Pixel 8.

The Pixel 6 was introduced on October 19 of its launch yr, so not each mannequin landed in early October, however on the very least someday in October 2024 appears most definitely.

We haven’t heard something in regards to the Google Pixel 9’s value both, however for reference the Pixel Eight begins at $699 / £699 / AU$1,199, and the Pixel Eight Professional begins at $999 / £999 / AU$1,699, so pricing for Google’s subsequent telephones may stay the identical, or they may rise a bit. It’s unlikely that the beginning costs can be any decrease than this yr’s fashions.

There might also be a 3rd Pixel 9 mannequin although (extra on which beneath), which might seemingly sit between the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Professional, and which, primarily based on the costs above, might have a beginning value of round $849 / £849 / AU$1,449.

Google Pixel 9: potential fashions

• Count on a Pixel 9 and a Pixel 9 Professional
• An unnamed third mannequin may be part of them

One of the vital fascinating (and earliest) Pixel 9 rumors factors to there being a 3rd mannequin within the sequence, with the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Professional being joined by one other cellphone that has roughly the identical display measurement because the Pixel 9, however the improved specs of the Pixel 9 Professional.

So in different phrases it might see Google take an identical method to Apple with its Professional line of iPhones (besides there’s no suggestion that you just’ll have the ability to get a big-screen Pixel with out getting a Professional mannequin, as you may from Apple within the form of the iPhone 15 Plus).

This leak got here from “an nameless however reliable supply” chatting with Android Authority in December 2022. Whereas we’d at all times take such early leaks with a pinch of salt, it’s price noting that this leak additionally included particulars of the Pixel Eight line, and nearly all of those have since proved correct, so the supply appears credible.

Google Pixel 9: potential design and show

• There might be a complete new design
• There may moreover be a smaller 6.3-inch Professional mannequin

The leaker who predicted that we’d see three Pixel 9 fashions additionally claimed to know their display sizes, saying the Pixel 9 may have roughly the identical display measurement because the Pixel 8 (which has a 6.2-inch show), whereas the Pixel 9 Professional will likely be across the identical measurement because the Pixel Eight Professional (at 6.7 inches), and the unnamed third mannequin may have a 6.3-inch display.

Nevertheless, that is barely at odds with a more moderen declare, with respected leaker Ross Younger saying shortly after the Pixel 8’s launch that the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Professional will each have larger screens than the Pixel Eight and Pixel Eight Professional.

Additionally they, by the way, declare that the Pixel 9a and Pixel Fold 2 may have larger screens than their predecessors.

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To additional confuse issues although, an much more current leak (this time from dependable leaker OnLeaks and MySmartPrice) factors to the Pixel 9 Professional having a roughly 6.5-inch display, making it smaller than the present mannequin.

This leak additionally consists of detailed renders of the Pixel 9 Professional, a few of which you’ll be able to see above.

You will discover that the design has drastically modified if these pictures are correct, with flat fairly than curved sides proven, and a brand new digicam design.

The leak additionally consists of dimensions, that are apparently 162.7 x 76.6 x 8.5mm (rising to 12mm on the digicam bump). That is similar to the Pixel Eight Professional, which is available in at 162.6 x 76.5 x 8.8mm.

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The supply of this has since returned with renders of the usual Pixel 9 too (above), this time in collaboration with 91Mobiles.

These present the identical new design because the Pixel 9 Professional, and apparently this cellphone has a 6.1-inch display (additionally making it smaller than its 6.2-inch predecessor), however is barely bigger (although slimmer) total at 152.Eight x 71.9 x 8.5mm (or 12.0mm together with the digicam bump). 

You too can see that there is a third digicam lens on the rear, which is absent from the Pixel 8.

Google Pixel 9: potential cameras and battery

There aren’t many Pixel 9 digicam rumors to date, however leaked renders (proven within the earlier part) present a triple-lens digicam, full with a sq. lens which might presumably be a periscope digicam, for long-distance optical zoom. The Pixel Eight would not have a periscope/telephoto lens, so this might be fairly an improve.

Equally, we have seen leaked renders of the Pixel 9 Professional with three rear cameras, although that may be the identical quantity because the Pixel Eight Professional. This leak additionally suggests one of many lenses may supply a variable aperture, and reveals a single-lens digicam on the entrance.

For reference, the Pixel Eight has a 50MP foremost digicam, a 12MP ultra-wide, and a 10.5MP front-facing one, whereas the Pixel Eight Professional has a 50MP foremost digicam, a 48MP ultra-wide, a 48MP periscope (with 5x optical zoom), and a 10.5MP selfie digicam.

It’s seemingly that a few of these cameras will reappear in 2024’s telephones, whereas others will most likely be upgraded, both with extra megapixels or just a change in sensor. We doubt Google will add any extra cameras to the telephones, however that’s hypothesis for now.

Oh, and if there’s a third mannequin, that can presumably have the identical cameras because the Pixel 9 Professional, if certainly it’s being positioned as a smaller Professional possibility.

It’s additionally seemingly that we’ll see some new digicam modes, as Google usually provides to the digicam software program with new fashions.

We haven’t heard something in regards to the batteries within the Pixel 9 line both, however the Pixel Eight has a 4,575mAh battery and the Pixel Eight Professional has a 5,050mAh one. So we would see comparable sizes with the Pixel 9 line, although these are each will increase on the Pixel 7 fashions, so one other enhance can also be potential.

Google Pixel 9: potential specs and options

• Rumored to make use of a brand new Tensor G4 chipset
• Won’t be way more highly effective

The Google Pixel 9 and its siblings will all nearly actually use the Tensor G4 chipset, for the reason that earlier three fashions used the primary three generations of the Tensor chip respectively. Certainly, the supply that pointed to there being a 3rd Pixel 9 mannequin has particularly mentioned this, and claimed the chipset is codenamed ‘redondo’.

We’ve elsewhere heard that the Tensor G4 will apparently be a “smaller improve than initially deliberate”, so the Pixel 9 line may not have a lot of a efficiency increase. That’s a disgrace, particularly when you think about that Google’s Tensor chipsets by no means match the highest cellular chipsets from Qualcomm or Apple for energy.

That mentioned, the cellphone may need an improved AI assistant not less than, with one leak claiming the Pixel 9 line may have a brand new AI assistant referred to as Pixie, which is described as extra personalised and highly effective than Google Assistant.

Past that, we haven’t heard something, however it’s very potential that Google will maintain the temperature sensor that it added to the Pixel Eight Professional, and maybe even convey it to extra fashions.

Google Pixel 9: what we wish to see

Based mostly on the Pixel Eight sequence specs, we have already got a wishlist of what we would like from the Pixel 9 line, with the next issues being high of it.

1. A refreshed design

We’re large followers of the design Google launched with the Pixel 6, however roughly the identical design has been used for the Pixel 7 and now the Pixel 8, so we expect it’s time to vary issues up with the Pixel 9.

We’d like to see a equally distinctive design, one which stands out from the gang, however which additionally stands out from different Pixels. That is likely to be an enormous ask, however Google managed this as soon as, so we’re hopeful it may possibly do it once more. Up to now leaks counsel the design is likely to be altering, however arguably not for the higher.

2. A 10x telephoto digicam

The Google Pixel Eight Professional can already optically zoom additional than most telephones, at 5x, however that’s no higher than the Pixel 7 Professional, and nonetheless lags behind the Samsung Galaxy S23 Extremely and its 10x optical zoom. It additionally has extra competitors from Apple now, as that firm launched a 5x optical zoom on the iPhone 15 Professional Max.

So we’d prefer to see Google enhance the zoom distance to 10x for the Pixel 9 Professional, to assist guarantee this is without doubt one of the greatest digicam telephones.

3. A temperature sensor for all fashions

One of many extra intriguing additions to the Pixel Eight line is a temperature sensor, however Google has made this unique to the Pixel Eight Professional.

Whereas that’s an comprehensible resolution, it’s a function that helps the Pixel Eight Professional stand out from different telephones, and it’s a function that might assist the remainder of the road do the identical if it was provided on them. So we’d prefer to see it included on all Pixel 9 fashions, to offer them an additional promoting level.