Google Pixel 9 Pro official design

 Pixel 9 Pro appears in official Design revealed by Google

Well, it looks like Google finally had enough. After multiple leaks of the Pixel 9 Pro and the rest of the lineup, Google decided to create its own teaser for the Pixel 9 Pro and quite masterfully. The Pixel 9 Pro is (almost) here. And it's looking good. With the Made by Google event less than a month away, the Pixel 9 lineup has been revealed via leaks. Sick of those leaks, Google has decided to show off the new Pixel 9 Pro themselves. The tech giant released a teaser video that reveals the Pixel 9 Pro, at least part of it. It also teases AI and Gemini integration, which isn't surprising considering all the announcements Google made at I/O earlier this year. 

In an X post on Thursday, a text prompt to Gemini reads, "Write me a breakup letter. Tell them I've found something new. That actually feels magical. Not just the same old thing. Oh, and have it start, 'Dear Old Phone.'" In an artful transition, the text appears on a phone screen, which is soon flipped around and called out as the Google Pixel 9 Pro. This teaser video simultaneously showcases Google Gemini's capabilities and reveals the major design change we've all expected from the Pixel 9 Pro for months: no more iconic camera bar. The video and images on a pre-order page Google released give a confirmed look at the redesigned camera array, which is losing the edge-to-edge bar format in favour of a more pill shape.  

We've seen leaked prototypes of the Pixel 9 Pro in recent months, but there was always a chance that they could've been prototypes from earlier in the production process or even faked prototypes. This official first look from Google confirms what we thought we knew. The Pixel 9 Pro will indeed ditch the iconic, edge-to-edge camera bar that adorned every Pixel phone since the Pixel 6 in 2021. In its place, there will be a pill-shaped camera array with three prominent lenses. As for the cameras themselves, it's been rumoured that the Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL will use the same 50MP sensor found in the Pixel 8 Pro. However, the entire lineup is supposed to get new Sony IMX858 sensors which should improve low-light photography. 

We also get to see the phone in white, though it is expected to come out in black, green and pink.  A phone built for the Gemini era. It can do a lot, even let your old phone down easy. The teaser briefly shows us the phone's display, but there's no way to discern the display's size. However, we can see its sleek white colourway, with rounded corners reminiscent of Apple's newest iPhone designs. As for the display, which we get a brief glimpse of, we've seen rumours of displays anywhere from 6.1 inches up to 6.5 inches, slightly less than the rumoured 6.7 inches the XL version might feature. Weirdly, the most consistent rumour is that the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro will have 6.1-inch displays, a slight decrease from the 6.2-inch display on the Pixel 8. If Google's official design tease lines up with Pixel 9 Pro leaks on Rozetked, then perhaps the photo of the prototype's boot screen, which revealed 16GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, and Rozetked's confirmation of the phone being equipped with a Tensor G4 chipset can also be believed.

As of now, the pre-order page won't let you put down for the new phone. The site says pre-orders will open up at the end of the Made by Google event, which takes place on August 13. Google is expected to launch four new Pixel phones soon at the August event: the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, the Pixel 9 Pro and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. Google may also reveal the Pixel Watch 3 (which might come in an extra large size), which would be well-timed following Samsung's recent Galaxy Ring and Galaxy Watch 7 Ultra launch. And, of course, we can't forget the likely star of the show: Gemini. With the debut of Apple Intelligence and the newest GPT-4o model from OpenAI, Google inevitably wants to show off what Gemini can do. It'll be neat to see which features Google can match its competitors on. There's less than a month between now and Made by Google 2024 event on August 13, and we'll be eagerly checking for any more official Pixel 9 Pro information.