The Pixel 10 lineup is right here, and with it comes refinement over spectacle

After many months of non-stop rumors and hypothesis, Google has formally unveiled its next-generation Pixel 10 sequence of smartphones to the world. At its Made by Google {hardware} convention, the corporate took the wraps off the Pixel 10, the Pixel 10 Professional, the Pixel 10 Professional, and the Pixel 10 Professional Fold, along with three new charging peripherals and two new wearable devices.

As posited by leaks of each the sanctioned and unsanctioned selection, Google’s essential slab-style flagship Pixel 10 fashions are bodily much like their Pixel 9 sequence counterparts from final yr. Externally, the gadgets keep the glossy aesthetic we have come to know and love, proper all the way down to the signature Pixel digicam bar flanking every unit’s rear panel. All fashions retain roughly related footprints to their predecessors, with a well-recognized 6.3-inch show dimension for the Pixel 10 and 10 Professional, and a 6.8-inch show dimension for the ten Professional XL.

Colorways are additionally almost precisely as predicted, with the usual Pixel 10 coming in a alternative of obsidian (black), lemongrass (yellowish-green, initially rumored to have been known as limoncello), frost (mild blue), and indigo (darkish blue) — indigo being a transparent throwback to the times of the unique 2016 Pixel’s standard very blue hue. The Pixel 10 Professional and 10 Professional XL, in the meantime, can be found in obsidian (black), porcelain (white), jade (pale yellowish-green), and moonstone (mild grey with blue undertones).

Key {hardware} and software program specs are shared throughout the Pixel 10, 10 Professional, and 10 Professional XL, together with the all-new Tensor G5 cell chipset, IP68 water and dirt resistance, Android 16 with Material 3 Expressive out of the field, and the much-anticipated inclusion of built-in Qi2 wi-fi charging magnets (branded as Pixelsnap) inside every handset.

Notably, the usual Pixel 10 is the primary non-Professional mannequin from Google to characteristic a triple rear digicam array, with a mixture of vast angle, ultra-wide angle, and 5X telephoto zoom lenses much like that of the ten Professional and 10 Professional XL. Whereas the setup itself is not as superior because the Professional variants from a megapixel, sensor dimension, and zoom distance standpoint, Google’s computational images prowess is doubtlessly firing on all cylinders within the background.

The Pixel 10 begins at $800 USD / $1,099 CAD, and ships with 12GB of RAM and 128GB of inner storage (configurable as much as 256GB). The Pixel 10 Professional is listed at $1000 USD / $1,350 CAD, and ships with 128GB of storage (with 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB choices additionally out there). Final however not least, the Pixel 10 Professional XL begins at $1200 USD / $1,630 CAD, with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of base storage, configurable in 512GB and 1TB choices.

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  Model

  Google

  SoC

  Tensor G5

  Show

  6.3-inch Tremendous Actua show 1280 x 2856 pixel decision OLED (1-120Hz)

  RAM

  16GB

  Storage

  128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB

  Battery

  4,870mAh, 30+ hours of battery life

  The Pixel 10 Professional options Google’s new Tensor G5 chip, 16GB of RAM, and 128GB, 256GB, 512GB or 1TB of storage. The smartphone’s general design seems similar to its predecessor, together with its sprawling digicam bump. 

  
  

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  Model

  Google

  SoC

  Tensor G5

  Show

  6.8-inch Tremendous Actua show 1344 x 2992 pixel decision OLED (1-120Hz)

  RAM

  16GB

  Storage

  256GB, 512GB, 1TB

  Battery

  5,200mAh, 30+ hours of battery life

  The 6.8-inch Pixel 10 XL options the identical specs because the Pixel 10, together with Google’s Tensor G5 chip, 16GB of RAM, and a set of Gemini AI-powered options. 

  
  

Refinement is the secret

With Google’s newest slab-style Pixel telephones, it is all about enhancing the end-user expertise

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With a design language and general {hardware} aesthetic that matches that of final yr’s Pixel 9 lineup, it is clear that the Pixel 10 sequence is an ‘S’ improve by way of and thru. I would argue that this is not a nasty factor within the slightest — Google has taken a successful components and sprinkled some good quality-of-life additions into the combo, such because the aforementioned Pixelsnap Qi2 assist and the telephoto digicam on the non-Professional Pixel 10 mannequin.

The corporate has additionally been onerous at work giving its Android 16 working system a visible glow up, and the fruits of this labor are on full show with the Pixel 10 sequence’ Materials 3 Expressive visible thrives proper out of the field. The system is teaming with playful new animations, blur results, and haptics which might be certain to make the Pixel 10 feel and look that little bit extra premium proper from day one.

Personally, I have been an enormous fan of the Pixel 9 Professional for the higher a part of a yr now, and the potent mixture of built-in Pixelsnap, a lovely new moonstone colorway, and a sooner processor may simply be sufficient to entice me to make the leap on Google {hardware} for a second yr in a row. And whereas I am nonetheless firmly on the aspect of slab-style telephones in the intervening time, Google’s Pixel 10 Professional Fold is shaping as much as be an attractive book-style foldable worthy of testing in its personal proper.