After putting up with the Pixel 6 Pro‘s crappy optical under-display fingerprint sensor, there is no reason not to equip the Pixel 9 Pro XL with an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner. And Google, if you want the Pixel 9 Pro XL to be the device I think you want it to be, we need to see a very high-capacity battery inside the device. Don’t settle because your customers do not want to settle.
Render of the Pixel 9 Pro XL
I’ll admit it. I was smitten by some of the AI features that Google introduced with the Pixel 6 Pro. Hold for me, the feature that had Google Assistant monitor your phone call when placed on hold, was something I knew I’d miss when switching to the iPhone. And Magic Eraser was also pretty good. But there were times when I couldn’t make a phone call on my Pixel 6 Pro and it was all because of Google’s propensity to save a dime whenever a dime can be saved.
The Pixel 9 line will feature the 6.03-inch Pixel 9, the 6.1-inch Pixel 9 Pro, and a 6.8-inch Pixel 9 Pro XL. The Tensor 4 AP will power all three phones. We should hear more about the trio on May 14th at Google’s I/O 2024 developer conference.