Everything We Think We Know About The Pixel 10 Phones

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

Google is readying its adjacent group of hardware announcements, and has already confirmed that nan Pixel 10 bid is launching adjacent month. We moreover cognize what 1 of nan phones looks like, acknowledgment to nan charismatic image up above.

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

What we cognize officially

Let’s commencement pinch immoderate stone-cold facts. We cognize that nan Pixel 10 statement will beryllium announced astatine a Made by Google arena successful New York connected August 20th, wherever nan institution will show disconnected “the latest connected our Pixel phones, watches, buds, and more.”

We besides cognize that 1 of nan phones successful nan lineup will look for illustration nan image above, including that blue-gray finish. Color aside, that telephone looks almost identical to nan Pixel 9 Pro, correct down to nan flash and somesthesia sensor wrong nan camera bar, confirming that Google isn’t changing its creation language.

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

Triple cameras each round

The biggest astonishment this twelvemonth appears to beryllium a move to upgrade nan guidelines Pixel 10 to a triple rear camera, including a telephoto lens for nan first time, bringing it successful statement pinch nan 3 Pro models.

But earlier you get excessively excited, cognize that location are immoderate downsides. To offset nan added costs — and possibly to springiness you a logic to see nan upgrade to nan Pro — Google will reportedly downgrade nan Pixel 10’s different cameras. 

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

It besides intends nan triple cameras connected nan 10 Pro and 10 Pro XL — which will apparently beryllium unchanged from nan 9 Pro models — will beryllium superior to nan 10 crossed nan board. The 10 Pro Fold camera will beryllium comparable to nan 10’s, utilizing nan aforesaid sensors for its main and telephoto shooters, and likewise specced ones for nan selfie and ultrawide. That represents a very flimsy upgrade to nan main camera successful nan Fold, but nan guidelines 10 is nan only exemplary getting a existent camera overhaul.

Contrasting colors

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

On nan guidelines Pixel 10 that intends brighter colors than ever (and confirmation of that triple camera). The tract reports that nan telephone will travel successful “Obsidian,” Google’s modular achromatic finish, on pinch a vibrant bluish called “Indigo,” a paler shadiness called “Frost,” and an almost fluorescent greenish dubbed “Limoncello.”

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

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

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

Qi2 charging

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

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

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

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

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

With different Android Headlines report claiming that Google’s Pixel 10 cases will see magnets, immoderate person taken that to mean Google’s phones won’t beryllium magnetic themselves, but don’t beryllium truthful judge — Apple’s MagSafe iPhone cases see their ain magnets to supplement nan ones successful nan phones, and Google could beryllium doing nan 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 nan caller Tensor G5 spot Google is moving manufacturing from Samsung to TSMC, utilizing nan aforesaid 3nm N3E process Apple uses for nan iPhone 16 Pro’s A18 Pro chip. Together pinch immoderate tweaks to nan halfway layout, that’s expected to nutrient a important boost successful processing power, closing nan spread betwixt Pixels and nan 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, while “Sketch-to-Image” will beryllium nan Pixel type of a characteristic already seen connected Samsung phones.

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

It sounds for illustration a much powerful type of nan multimodal actions Google added to Gemini successful January, but going by nan sanction it will stay a Pixel exclusive.

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