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Gemini AI was front and centre at this year's Google Pixel launch but there's a sizable chunk of upgrades in the hardware department as well...

- Khumail Thakur

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Diving straight into the feature that gave Google's device its name and fame - the camera.

The rear camera bump shaped like a pill sits a 50MP wide, a 48MP ultrawide with macro focus and a 48MP 5x telephoto lens. These updated new cameras get a new HDR pipeline thanks to the Tensor G4 processor, new and improved sensors with better autofocus.

You can immediately tell that the Pixel 9 Pro XL camera has a noticeably improved sharpness and colour tones.

The tone accuracy on the Pixel devices feels like it's almost untouched by the AI (in a good way). What you see is what you get on your screen and that's also a testament to Pixel's superbly calibrated display which we'll get to in a bit.