The Best New Features Of The Pixel 10 Lineup

Google has officially announced nan Pixel 10 lineup, and there’s a batch to excavation into. Like past year, location are 4 devices — nan Pixel 10, nan Pixel 10 Pro, nan Pixel 10 Pro XL, and the Pixel 10 Pro Fold — and nan phones person immoderate bully improvements and caller features that mightiness beryllium worthy nan upgrade.

Here are immoderate of nan champion caller features for Google’s caller phones.

They person built-in Pixelsnap magnets and support Qi2 wireless charging

Google is yet catching up pinch Apple by building magnets straight into nan Pixel 10 bid to thief make judge nan phones threat correct onto a wireless charger. The institution is branding this arsenic “Pixelsnap,” and it will waste Pixelsnap accessories for illustration an charismatic charger that you tin buy. The Pixel 10, 10 Pro, and 10 Pro Fold are each Qi2-certified, meaning they support wireless charging speeds of up to 15W, while nan 10 Pro XL is Qi2.2-certified, truthful it supports wireless charging speeds of up to 25W. (The Pixel 10 lineup has faster wired charging speeds arsenic well.)

The guidelines Pixel now has a 3rd rear camera

Google is adding a 3rd camera to nan Pixel 10: a 5x telephoto lens that it says offers “10x optical image quality” and “Super Res Zoom up to 20x.” However, while it’s bully that Google is nary longer forcing you to bargain 1 of its much costly options conscionable to get a telephoto lens, nan Pixel 10’s main and ultrawide cameras are a flimsy downgrade from nan Pixel 9, astatine slightest connected paper. The Pixel 10 has a 48MP main camera and a 13MP ultrawide camera, down from nan Pixel 9’s 50MP main camera and 48MP ultrawide.

The Pixel 10 Pro Fold gets a large durability boost

Google’s newest foldable has an IP68 particulate and h2o ingress rating, meaning that it’s importantly much resistant to particulate than nan Pixel 9 Pro Fold and galore different foldables. That 6 successful nan standing intends nan Pixel 10 Pro Fold is “dust-tight,” which is simply a large betterment complete nan IPX8 standing for nan previous-generation Fold and a measurement up from nan IP48 standing for Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7.

Yes, location are immoderate caller AI-focused tools

The institution is obsessed pinch AI lately, and though that obsession has seeped into its phones, it seems for illustration nan Pixel 10 bid could person immoderate useful AI tricks. One feature, Magic Cue, tin proactively propose things arsenic you’re connected your phone, for illustration pulling up formation accusation erstwhile you’re calling an airline. Another feature, Camera Coach, tin springiness you nudges astir ways to amended nan photograph you’re trying to take.