Pixel 9 Pro

[...] I like my Pixel 6, but wanted a better camera for a while (to be clear, the Pixel 6 camera is really good, especially considering the price the phone was, but I still miss things like e.g. better optical zoom), so I may get a Pixel 9 Pro. BTW, for those talking about issues: I bought my Pixel 6 at release, and yes, I had some strange Bluetooth issues during a few months. [...] Also, this is probably the first phone that I have that I don't feel the battery got worse after 2+ years of usage, maybe thanks to the Adaptive Battery. My wife iPhone 12 (that she bought around at the same time as me) already had a ok-ish battery when she bought, but nowadays the battery is just plain sucks (battery health is 87%, that doesn't explain the whole story), one of the reason that she may switch to a Pixel too. Another thing I like from my Pixel is after those 2 years, the phone still feels snappy. [...] I don't like the fact that Google increased the prices though: Pixel 6 was an amazing value for EUR649, but at EUR919 the Pro looks a more interesting choice since the gap reduced between the two. I think the reason is because the Pixel a series is such an amazing value that nobody care about the normal Pixel anymore, but if anything this is Google's fault.

I've been using Cactus for a few months, great product! Makes it really easy to plug and play different models on my phone. If anybody is curious what a Pixel 9 Pro is capable of: Tokens: 277- TTFT: 1609ms 9 tok/sec qwen2.5 1.5b instruct q6k Sure, here's a simple implementation of the Bubble Sort algorithm in Python: def bubblesort(arr): n = len(arr) for i in range(n): Flag to detect any swap in current pass swapped = False for j in range(0, n-i-1): Swap if the element found is greater than the next element if arr[j] arr[j+1]: arr[j], arr[j+1] = arr[j+1], arr[j] swapped = True If no swap occurs in the inner loop, the array is already sorted if not swapped: break Example usage: arr = [64, 34, 25, 12, 22, 11, 90] bubblesort(arr) print("Sorted array is:", arr) This function sorts the array in ascending order using the Butbble Sort algorithm. [...]

We use Roborazzi[0], which is an excellent screenshot library, but: We target minSdk 24 We're still using XML views We target a large variety of form factors We have a lot of screens, and these have a lot of configuration options. I really wish it was "point an agent at it, and walk away", but many screens ended up being hours of iteration with Fable driving my phone/an emulator to produce an acceptable outcome. Given that my Pixel 9 Pro has system screens which are still broken under edge to edge, it's not an easy change, and takes up time which could have been going towards feature development. [...]

Feeling like my Pixel 9 Pro was the best timed hardware buy I've made in recent years. [...] I've got 16GB of RAM and 512GB in an ecosystem that shows every sign of regressing in capacities due to component price inflation. [...]

I did the switch to graphene on my pixel 9 pro recently and have 0 regrets. [...] Some recent apps I've found that work great and replace google infested stuff - AntennaPod for podcasts, OrganicMaps for OSM maps, Obsidian for notetaking (google keep), KOReader for ebooks, Molly/Signal for messaging. [...] Still figuring this out Spotify - since it also needs to run in the background and I haven't found a better music replacement. [...]

[...] which is also about how much a Pixel 9 Pro goes for on eBay; minus eBay fees and accounting for shipping, that's an upgrade for < $100. But, it's even better, the Pixel 10 Pro comes with a year of their "AI Pro" plan (which I believe costs around $240/year.) There is really, really no point in upgrading to a Pixel 10 Pro from a Pixel 9 Pro, and environmentally it pains me to be the person upgrading my phone on an annual basis (this is the fastest I've ever upgraded a phone, ever) but it's hard to turn down when Google is selling $800ish for $400ish. And yeah, it's not the insanely priced AI Ultra plan, but if there are any hard limits on Gemini Pro usage I haven't found them. [...] My hope (hopium, realistically) is that by the time all of the cash burning is over, there will be open-weight local models that are striking near where Gemini 3 Pro strikes today. [...]

So I paid $1000 for a Pixel 9 Pro 1TB, then Syncthing wasn't able to keep maintaining their android app because of Google, and now Google wants to block me from using F-Droid. [...]

I just switched from an iPhone 13 mini to a Pixel 9 Pro, and it's tough to admit but I can do so much more with my thumb on a big Android than a tiny iPhone. Mostly due to the back gesture always works (never need to tap the top left corner in some cases, and also being able to return to the 3 button navigation) and being able to pull down the notifications by sliding down on the main screen.

[...] I even tried out a Pixel 9 pro for a while with Gemini and Google was no further ahead on this level of integration either. [...]

I have a pixel 9 pro, in the android beta there is a "terminal" app that launches a Debian shell inside a VM. [...]

[...] Siri absolutely cannot go into your phone's calendar and see who you bumped into at some bar or café. I've been using the Pixel 9 Pro as my daily driver and while I really wanted to install CalyxOS on it, I've found Gemini to be actually useful (and I'm generally biased against Google). Apple is behind the curve like Google was prior to Gemini 2.5 Pro, but unlike Google, I cannot see Apple having the talent to catch up unless they make some expensive acquisitions and even then they will still be behind. I was shocked at how good Gemini 2.5 Pro is. The cost and value for money difference is so big that I'm considering switching away from my API usage of Claude Sonnet 3.7 to Gemini 2.5 Pro.

Second, are you sure your android phone takes better photos? What camera & lens do you have on your digital camera? [...] My statement was that it's a better camera. My Android will actually take dramatically better photos than a u43 camera with kit lens, especially in low-light. [...] My full frame with a Zeiss f/1.4 lens will take better photos than my cell phone. My cell phone also won't reasonably zoom (although it does have a telephoto of sorts and a wide angle, it can't compete with a 200mm let alone a 500mm on my full frame). However, holistically, it's a better camera. If I take a photo with my cell phone, I can be editing it on my computer in a few minutes. If I'd like a different display -- for example for framing -- I switch apps. [...] Computational stacking for low light can give pretty impressive results too. [...] With the exception of sensor size, zoom, and clicky buttons, my cell phone does so much more. Those are important, mind you, but something like a 50 MP, f/1.7, 1/1.31" sensor on a Pixel 9 Pro is about equivalent to an APS camera with a kit lens for equivalent aperture. Under most conditions, the photo quality from a good cell phone is indistinguishable from a big camera. [...]

[...] I use this app nearly every day on a brand new Pixel 9 Pro and, while much improved from a few years ago, it is far from "blazing fast". For example, I just recorded myself tapping on a product in the Product list screen and the delay between the pressed state appearing and the first frame of the screen transition animation is more than half a second. The animation itself then takes 300ms which is a generally accepted timeframe for screen animations. [...] ( Contrast this against something like the Slack app where the screen is navigating even before the pressed animation has appeared. Or for an app with probably not as much engineering focus, Fastmail, which begins the screen transition within 100ms of the pressed animation state appearance.

I finally got my phone yesterday (Pixel 9 Pro). [...] Besides the circumstances, totally worth.

In my experience the Pixel 9 Pro is better than the 2 S24 Ultras devices that I tried this year. Both had heat buildup issues so bad I couldn't use them outdoors in direct sunlight for longer than 7 minutes before the screen dimmed to the point I could barely see what was on the screen. [...] I don't play games on my phone so for what I do the Pixel is an excellent device.

[...] Even the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro is getting close to the price of an S26 here and the S26 will absolutely blow it out of the water when it comes to pretty much every facet of the hardware. Pixel 9/10 Pro XL is a midrange SoC sold at flagship prices. Even the A57, which is a midrange Samsung model that will soon hit 350 Euro is faster single core than the Pixel 9 Pro and on par multi-core. Also has better battery life and despite only being 0.1" smaller weighs 42g less and is much thinner. Gets supported for 6 years and also gets monthly updates. Also doesn't die frequently with spicy pillows, camera bars that drop off, etc. I still buy Pixels because it has an unlockable bootloader and can run GrapheneOS, but Google's pricing is insane and I wish that they would go back to the old price points. [...]

[...] It's the permanent screen reservation of the double task bar that really eats up the usable desk space. [...] Edit: I've enabled "force desktop mode" on my Pixel 9 Pro and hooked it up to my laptop dock. [...] It's clearly experimental; my ultrawide screen scales horribly, my keyboard app gets horribly confused, and interacting with the top bar triggers a full-screen tablet overlay that looks a bit weird. [...] Ethernet Just Works, audio/video just works, and I can operate my phone screen while working in dock mode (so apps that absolutely refuse to work can still be operated through the touch screen).

This seems like a good place to randomly drop my thoughts on switching from a Samsung s20+ to a Pixel 9 Pro. [...] The display is great, battery life excellent, the UI is snappy, does all the basic things I expect from a quality device. [...] I miss: - per app volume control - nav bar customisation - lock screen config - many of the good lock apps - shake for torch - the samsung camera app - control of what apps CAN run in the background (the pixel murders everything) - subtle ways that Nova Launcher has problems So yeah, next time I'm in the market for a phone I think I'm going back to Samsung. [...]

I recently switched to an imported phone with a bulky 1" sensor (Vivo X100 Ultra) and although far from my Sony mirrorless, the quality of shots and color science went up dramatically compared to my older Pixel 9 Pro (way overprocessed) and iPhone 13 (way oversaturated and pretty low-res). This is not to say there's no AI or strong computational component to it, but larger and more expensive sensors, which still have not found their way in mainstream phones, do bring massive advantage if they are not killed by excessive AI processing (as, sadly, I saw multiple times when test-driving Samsung Ultra phones) Ironically enough, the Vivo ("Zeiss") color science also looks more accurate than most phones I've owned, and is pretty flexible at editing time.

[...] My last run with the Pixel 9 pro, the android version of apps were horrible. Performance was so bad. [...]

I can't tell my new Pixel 9 Pro being any faster and I think the effective screen resolution is LESS than my Pixel 6a is, out of the box. [...] The camera is better but that's about it.

I upgraded recently from the Pixel 7 to the Pixel 9, and it came down to the screen brightness. There were days when I was out in the sun and the 7 just didn't get bright enough for me to see the screen. [...] I've never had a situation with the 9 where it had to throttle down because of heat. Gemini has been something of a mixed bag. [...]

@google-pixel.bsky.social I've had the pixel 9 pro now for less than a year, already had one warranty trade in, and by far it is the WORST cell phone I have ever owned. Android, how do you have such a glitchy OS after 15 versions? [...] If I could cheaply switch to another, I would.

[...] And if the payment URL could be completed programmatically, it requires the server to provide a value given to you by the API vendor to note your identity as they understand it, which feels exactly like a bearer token. [...] Either way you need to store a sensitive value. [...] "This is my Pixel 9 Pro" isn't going to be a thing I'd expect to answer when going through the payment URL. So now I've got a public key registered and I lost my phone. [...]

How is eg a Pixel 9 Pro running Android with GMS on a Tensor any less entirely Google-designed than an iPhone 16 is entirely Apple-designed? [...] At best it's designed to work well with the software that's on it, and the software has had some features added for the device. [...] Apple certainly doesn't own everything; for example the actual display panel in an iPhone usually is manufactured by Samsung or LG Display. [...]

for me it's the hope of at least some minor degree of longevity. I used a pixel 3 for six years, until the degenerating battery finally drove me to get a new phone, and I paid whatever exorbitant amount they wanted for a pixel 9 pro which will hopefully last me another six years

The fingerprint sensor on my Pixel 9 Pro has died after 18 months. Not happy. I've had Google Nexus/Pixel phones for about 10 years.

[...] I could only imagine how far the Pixel 9 pro has advanced. [...]

I switched from a pixel 3 to a pixel 9 pro over a year ago, and I still miss the smaller form factor. the pixel 3 really was the perfect size for me and I am sad I can no longer get a smallish phone with a high end processor.

I believe I've had this bug before, but I don't know what resolved it. I've been using a Pixel 9 Pro for about a year and it's been working fine so far. My guess is because they update the alarm constantly.

[...] I rooted my US model Pixel 9 Pro on my Japan trip last year to enable it. [...]

I got a new phone and I unboxed it on the Hobby Channel! It's a Pixel 9 Pro! I'm gonna make so much cool stuff with it youtu.be/Y3Bi0L0UNJU

I only have one day's worth of light usage on a Pixel 9 Pro, but it feels at least as responsive as Nova Launcher. Zero lag in switching screens, opening the app drawer, or scrolling through apps - there is a control for the animation speed, but it doesn't seem to really have any impact, positive or negative.

It’s garbage. I’m done. I’ve used only iPhones as my main devices since the iPhone 3G but instead of getting a 17 Pro I’ve bought a Pixel 9 Pro and will switch my main mobile to GrapheneOS.

I had an Pixel 9 Pro with the ultrasonic sensor and I found that it wouldn't work at all with a tempered glass screen protector. The optical sensor they had for previous generation sort of works fine with a screen protector

This is what happens on my Pixel 9 Pro. I'll scroll through some HDR photos and have to turn down my brightness so I'm not blinded in bed. [...] It's maddening, I don't want to manually adjust brightness because someone took a picture outside.

This page seems to have formatting issues on mobile (at least on mine -- pixel 9 pro running chrome browser, worth looking into).

[...] Firefox on Android is sadly not great either -- it regularly drops frames on my 120Hz Pixel 9 Pro. [...]

[...] On my Pixel 9 Pro. So at least its not a bug affecting everyone.

I'm not in the iPhone ecosystem anyway, so it's probably moot, but one thing Google did really right this year was to issue Pixel 9 Pro and Pro XL that are identical in everything but the screen size. I'm very happily upgrading from a very large 8 Pro to a nicely pocketable 9 Pro that contains all the same guts as the 9 Pro XL. Apple should have done the same.

[...] Google Support tells me the Google Pixel 9 Pro has the same limitation. [...]

I'm enjoying having to restart my phone every time I want to post a cropped photo, google. [...]

why is the go-away challenge on sourcehut so difficult :( it's been well over a minute and my pixel 9 pro still hasn't finished solving it!! and my phone is noticably warm

Running Grapheme OS on a Pixel 9 Pro as my daily driver. Never going back.

[...] This Google Pixel 9 Pro ain't cutting it. [...] My watch is a generation behind. [...] My battery cameras are dead. [...]

[...] It worked on my phone (pixel 9 pro) too! [...]

I dropped my phone in the JR pit and it survived. testament to the strength of modern day phones. I love my pixel 9 pro so im really glad actually.

[...] I've been using a Pixel 9 Pro with the Clicks keyboard that's got blackberry keys more or less. [...] Be cool if we had an enthusiast scene around building handheld keyboards to get it right.

I was like "maybe I should get a nice android gaming handheld" and then realized I own a Pixel 9 Pro so like,,, I have that already

My phone is a Pixel 9 Pro. [...]