FIRST TEST GOOGLE PIXEL 9 PRO XL
Nine o’ the times
Is the biggest of the new range still king of Google’s smartphone castle – or has the renamed Pixel 9 Pro XL been usurped as the shrewd pick by its smaller sibling?
[ Words Tom Morgan-Freelander ]
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Meet the biggest shake-up of Google’s phone range in generations – and not just because of a radical styling shift. Tom Morgan-Freelander ] The clue’s in the name: the Pixel 9 Pro XL is now the larger of two Pro variants, and you don’t have to supersize to get the best hardware: they each have the latest Tensor G4 chipset, the same trio of rear camera lenses, and the best version of Gemini AI yet.
Both feel way more modern than the previous generation, simply by ditching curved sides. Polished aluminium doesn’t disguise fingerprints as well as Apple or Samsung’s matt titanium, but the silky rear glass does a much better job. And the pill-shaped rear camera bump is more distinctive than ever.