Everything we think we know about the Pixel 10 phones

This is the 1 Pixel 10 representation Google has released officially, and we deliberation it’s the Pro.

Google is readying its adjacent acceptable of hardware announcements, and has already confirmed that the Pixel 10 bid is launching adjacent month. We adjacent cognize what 1 of the phones looks like, acknowledgment to the authoritative representation up above.

But beyond the fewer tidbits Google has shared officially, there’s an atrocious batch much we think we cognize astir the Pixel 10 enactment acknowledgment to leaks, from which phones are arriving — apt the 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, and 10 Pro Fold — to camera changes, chipset upgrades, and possibly adjacent immoderate agelong overdue Qi2 support.

What we cognize officially

Let’s commencement with immoderate stone-cold facts. We cognize that the Pixel 10 enactment volition beryllium announced astatine a Made by Google lawsuit successful New York connected August 20th, wherever the institution volition amusement disconnected “the latest connected our Pixel phones, watches, buds, and more.”

We besides cognize that 1 of the phones successful the lineup volition look similar the representation above, including that blue-gray finish. Color aside, that telephone looks astir identical to the Pixel 9 Pro, close down to the flash and somesthesia sensor wrong the camera bar, confirming that Google isn’t changing its plan language.

That’s each Google has said for certain, but here’s everything other we’re expecting to spot astatine the motorboat adjacent month. 

Triple cameras each round

The biggest astonishment this twelvemonth appears to beryllium a determination to upgrade the basal Pixel 10 to a triple rear camera, including a telephoto lens for the archetypal time, bringing it successful enactment with the 3 Pro models.

But earlier you get excessively excited, cognize that determination are immoderate downsides. To offset the added outgo — and possibly to springiness you a crushed to see the upgrade to the Pro — Google volition reportedly downgrade the Pixel 10’s different cameras. 

Android Authority reports that Google is utilizing smaller sensors for the Pixel 10’s main camera and ultrawide than the Pixel 9 had, meaning the cameras volition seizure little light. In fact, it volition seemingly usage the aforesaid sensors it did connected the Pixel 9A. That means that unless Google has made improvements elsewhere, the Pixel 10’s main and ultrawide cameras volition beryllium worse than connected the 9, but offset by the summation of the telephoto lens. At slightest the selfie camera should stay unchanged.

It besides means the triple cameras connected the 10 Pro and 10 Pro XL — which volition seemingly beryllium unchanged from the 9 Pro models — volition beryllium superior to the 10 crossed the board. The 10 Pro Fold camera volition beryllium comparable to the 10’s, utilizing the aforesaid sensors for its main and telephoto shooters, and likewise specced ones for the selfie and ultrawide. That represents a precise flimsy upgrade to the main camera successful the Fold, but the basal 10 is the lone exemplary getting a existent camera overhaul.

Contrasting colors

Google whitethorn besides beryllium making unexpected decisions astir the phones’ colors, going by allegedly authoritative renders leaked by Android Headlines.

On the basal Pixel 10 that means brighter colors than ever (and confirmation of that triple camera). The tract reports that the telephone volition travel successful “Obsidian,” Google’s modular achromatic finish, on with a vibrant bluish called “Indigo,” a paler shadiness called “Frost,” and an astir fluorescent greenish dubbed “Limoncello.”

By contrast, the Pro models look muted. The 10 Pro and 10 Pro XL travel successful the aforesaid “Obsidian” black, positive the returning “Porcelain” white, a brushed greenish called “Jade,” and a gray-blue called “Moonstone.” You mightiness admit that shadiness from Google’s authoritative representation up astatine the top.

Stranger are the colors for the 10 Pro Fold. Android Headlines reports that it lone comes successful 2 variants, but dissimilar past twelvemonth those aren’t achromatic and white. Instead, the Fold volition seemingly lone beryllium disposable successful “Moonstone” and “Jade,” making it the uncommon telephone to not motorboat successful achromatic astatine all.

For much confirmation of those colors, another leaked image from the Play Store shows the afloat Pixel 10 lineup together, with the 3 Pro models each successful “Moonstone” and the regular 10 successful “Indigo.”

Qi2 charging

This week the Wireless Power Consortium announced Qi2 25W, a faster mentation of the magnetic wireless charging standard, and promised enactment from “major Android smartphones.” We deliberation that means the Pixel 10 line.

Google hasn’t supported Qi2 connected its erstwhile Pixels, but determination are 2 bully reasons to deliberation that mightiness beryllium astir to change. The archetypal is the size of the caller handsets. Android Headlines claims to person the official dimensions and weights of each 4 phones, and each is heavier than the erstwhile generation, and each but the XL are thicker too.

There are a fewer imaginable explanations. One is that the phones volition simply person bigger batteries, which several reports person suggested. But Google could besides beryllium making abstraction for the magnets required to alteration Qi2 support.

The 2nd crushed to expect Qi2 is that Android Authority reported successful June that Google is preparing an ecosystem of magnetic Qi2 accessories nether the “Pixelsnap” brand, including 2 chargers and a stand.

The hazard is that alternatively of afloat Qi2 support, the Pixel 10 phones are lone Qi2 Ready. That’s the certification caller Samsung flagships have, for phones that enactment Qi2 charging but don’t incorporate the magnets, requiring a magnetic lawsuit for afloat functionality. 

With different Android Headlines report claiming that Google’s Pixel 10 cases volition see magnets, immoderate person taken that to mean Google’s phones won’t beryllium magnetic themselves, but don’t beryllium truthful definite — Apple’s MagSafe iPhone cases see their ain magnets to supplement the ones successful the phones, and Google could beryllium doing the aforesaid here.

Chip upgrades

Boring, I cognize — each phone, each year, has a chipset upgrade. But we are expecting much from Google this clip around.

Android Authority has repeatedly reported that for the caller Tensor G5 spot Google is moving manufacturing from Samsung to TSMC, utilizing the aforesaid 3nm N3E process Apple uses for the iPhone 16 Pro’s A18 Pro chip. Together with immoderate tweaks to the halfway layout, that’s expected to nutrient a important boost successful processing power, closing the spread betwixt Pixels and the competition.

AI everywhere

Android Authority reports that Google is processing respective caller AI imaging features, though immoderate whitethorn beryllium for adjacent year’s Pixel 11. “Speak-to-Tweak” should beryllium a voice-based photograph editing tool, portion “Sketch-to-Image” volition beryllium the Pixel mentation of a diagnostic already seen connected Samsung phones.

The aforesaid tract has separately reported that the Pixel 10 volition person a caller virtual adjunct called “Pixel Sense,” erstwhile rumored to beryllium called “Pixie.” Pixel Sense volition usage accusation from different Google apps to implicit tasks crossed your phone, marque predictive suggestions to assistance you earlier you ask, and amended larn your tastes from each that data. Impressively, that volition each beryllium processed on-device.

It sounds similar a much almighty mentation of the multimodal actions Google added to Gemini successful January, but going by the sanction it volition stay a Pixel exclusive.

These AI features volition get alongside Android updates we’ve known astir since Google I/O, similar the large Material 3 Expressive redesign and a desktop mode based connected Samsung’s DeX.