100
Christine Romero-Chan
Digital Trends
“With a compact design, excellent hardware, lovely cameras, and more, the Google Pixel 9 Pro is one of 2024's best smartphones.”
Critical Assessment
What Critics Praise
- Long battery life
- Premium redesign with premium materials
- Excellent cameras rival best camera phones
- Fun and useful AI
- Unique AI tricks without cross‑talking
- Beautiful hardware and display
Points of Contention
- Tensor G4 chipset struggles
- Limited AI features
- Slow charging speeds
- Low starting storage
- Gemini tool polish
Professional Reviews
4 reviews from 4 critics90
Philip Berne
TechRadar
“Don’t make the Pixel 9 Pro think too hard, though, because the Google Tensor G4 chipset inside can barely keep up, leaving the next seven years of updates in question.”
80
Iyaz Akhtar
PCMag
“The Pixel 9 Pro is a sensible middle ground in Google's phone lineup, offering solid performance, top-notch cameras, entertaining AI features, and long battery life in a relatively compact size.”
80
Allison Johnson
The Verge
“But the hardware — if not my faith in an AI-everything future — is solid.”
