Google Pixel 9 occasion: rumors and what to anticipate

Google’s earlier-than-expected Pixel {hardware} occasion is simply across the nook — it’s scheduled for Tuesday, August thirteenth. Due to the relentless movement of leaks which have emerged over the previous few weeks, now we have a reasonably good thought of what to anticipate.

Google has already confirmed that it’s launching the Pixel 9 and the Pixel 9 Professional Fold, however the firm could have another surprises in retailer, together with the Buds Professional 2 and perhaps even the Pixel Watch 3.

Right here’s a roundup of all the pieces we all know thus far.

Alongside the Pixel 9, Google is anticipated to launch the Pixel Professional in two sizes: a bigger 6.8-inch mannequin and a smaller 6.3-inch variant. It’ll be the primary time the Professional options can be found in two completely different sizes, with the telephoto digicam beforehand being reserved just for the bigger cellphone mannequin.

As proven within the picture shared by Google itself (and plenty of, many leaks), the Pixel 9 and 9 Professional may even include some design modifications. Each the Professional and customary fashions are getting flatter edges and a rounded digicam module that protrudes from the again of the system.

A leaked spec sheet from OnLeaks means that the Pixel 9 Professional fashions will include an upgraded G4 Tensor chip and 16GB of RAM. The bottom Pixel 9, alternatively, is anticipated to have the identical chip with a 6.3-inch show and 12GB of RAM.

The cameras on each gadgets will seemingly get some upgrades as effectively, with the leaked spec sheet displaying the Pixel 9 with a ten.5MP selfie digicam, a 50-megapixel major digicam, and a 48MP ultrawide lens. In the meantime, the leak signifies that the Pixel 9 Professional can have a 42MP selfie digicam and three cameras on the rear, together with a 50MP major digicam, 48MP ultrawide lens, and 48MP telephoto digicam.

One other report from Android Authority suggests Google could add an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor to the Pixel 9 lineup, which might hopefully enhance a few of the points customers have been having with the prevailing optical under-display sensor. The Pixel 9 is anticipated to come back in obsidian, porcelain, rose, and inexperienced, whereas the Professional mannequin is rumored to come back in charcoal, porcelain, rose, and hazel.

These three telephones aren’t the one ones Google is planning to launch this summer season. It’s additionally on the point of launch its next-gen foldable, now known as the Pixel 9 Professional Fold.

When in comparison with final 12 months’s system, the Pixel 9 Professional Fold seems to be taller and slimmer. That design change can be mirrored within the squircle-shaped digicam housing on the rear of the system, which now comes with two units of cameras.

By way of specs, the Pixel 9 Professional Fold is rumored to come back with a 6.3-inch cowl show and an 8-inch internal display. That’s bigger than the unique Pixel Fold’s 5.8-inch outer show and seven.6-inch internal show. The leaked specs sheet signifies that the Pixel 9 Professional Fold will include the identical G4 Tensor chip as the opposite gadgets within the lineup, in addition to 16GB of RAM.

It might even have a 10MP front-facing digicam, with a 48MP major digicam, a ten.5MP ultrawide lens, and a ten.8MP telephoto sensor on the again of the cellphone.

With Samsung and now Apple making an effort to convey AI to their telephones, it’s no shock to see Google doing the identical. A set of leaked advertising supplies from OnLeaks hints, amongst different options, at a brand new Pixel Screenshots characteristic that “helps you save information that you just need to bear in mind later — like occasions, locations and extra.”

That tracks with a earlier leak from Android Police, which means that the characteristic can “save and course of useful particulars” out of your screenshots, letting you search via them. It sounds a bit like Microsoft’s controversial Recall characteristic however seems to solely work on the screenshots you are taking manually, fairly than scanning your total system. The advertising supplies additionally present an integration with Google’s AI chatbot Gemini, together with Circle to Search.

A leaked Pixel 9 advert posted by Android Headlines (it has since been taken down) gave us a glimpse at a characteristic known as “Add Me,” which seems to make use of AI to place somebody in a photograph after they weren’t initially there. It appears to be like like Google is planning to replace its Magic Editor software, too, permitting you to switch the background of a picture based mostly on a immediate.

It’s already been two years for the reason that launch of the unique Pixel Buds Professional 2, and now it appears to be like like Google is planning to offer them a refresh. Leaked pictures from OnLeaks present the Pixel Buds Professional 2 with a small wing tip that stands proud from the aspect of every bud — form of like a smaller model of the “stabilizer arc” on the unique Pixel Buds.

Different small modifications embrace bigger grills that match the colours of the bud, in addition to a charging case that seems to come back with a small speaker (perhaps to emit a noise when utilizing Google’s Discover My characteristic?). The Pixel Buds Professional 2 are anticipated to come back in grey, white, inexperienced, and pink.

We could have a good suggestion of what the Pixel Buds Professional 2 will appear like, however we don’t know a lot concerning the specs. A regulatory itemizing noticed earlier this 12 months suggests the case could include a bigger 650mAh battery. Aside from that, we are able to seemingly count on the Pixel Buds Professional 2 to characteristic the identical lively noise cancellation and multipoint options as their predecessor.

To date, we’ve solely seen renders of the Pixel Watch 3 that present a tool with a barely chunkier design. Not like its predecessor, the Pixel Watch 3 is anticipated to come back in two sizes: 41mm and 45mm. The 41mm model is rumored to come back with a ten p.c bigger display than its equally sized predecessor, because of thinner bezels.

Latest leaks additionally counsel each Pixel Watch 3 fashions will get a brighter 2,000-nit show and an extremely wideband chip that would make location monitoring extra correct. The 41mm watch can be rumored to come back with a barely greater 310mAh battery and 20 p.c quicker charging than the Pixel Watch 2.

Each sizes might provide as much as 24 hours of battery life with always-on show enabled or as much as 36 hours with a brand new Battery Saver mode, in keeping with leaked advertising supplies shared by Android Headlines. The supplies additionally trace at help for offline Google Maps, new digicam controls when connecting to a Pixel cellphone, and the power to view your Nest Cam and Nest Doorbell’s reside feeds out of your watch.

Sadly, you could not have the ability to use your present Pixel Watch 2 bands with the bigger 45mm system. A report means that the 45mm model has an “altered” band connection that would make it incompatible with smaller bands. The 45mm Pixel Watch 3 could not get as many band choices because the 41mm model, both, in keeping with Android Headlines.

It might appear to be we already know all we learn about Google’s upcoming {hardware} occasion, however the firm should shock us. For one, there’s a chance that we could get a take a look at the brand new “Google TV Streamer,” which 9to5Google printed leaked pictures of in July. It appears to be like means completely different than the Chromecast, however we nonetheless don’t have any particulars on specs.

That’s all we all know for now, however there’s nonetheless time between now and Google’s August thirteenth occasion, which suggests there’s nonetheless an opportunity for extra leaks.