Pixel 9 Pro Fold

In October 2023, 9to5Google reported that a second Android-powered foldable smartphone was in development at Google, codenamed "Comet". This came after the release of the first-generation Pixel Fold the previous year.

After previewing the phone in July 2024, Google officially announced the phone on August 13, alongside the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel Watch 3, at the annual Made by Google event. The Pixel 9 Pro Fold was released on September 4.{{Cite web |last=Purdy |first=Kevin |date=2024-08-13 |title=The Pixel 9 phones are big cameras and screens soldered onto Gemini AI ambitions |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/the-pixel-9-phones-are-big-cameras-and-screens-soldered-onto-gemini-ai-ambitions/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}

The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is a foldable smartphone, meaning it has a flexible display. This allows the phone to be either folded (in which case the display size is similar to that of a regular phone), or unfolded (in which case the display size is similar to that of a tablet).

The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold features a redesigned appearance, with a taller and slimmer display compared to the previous generation Pixel Fold. It has been measured to be 1.5 millimeters thinner when closed, and 0.7 millimeters thinner when open compared to its predecessor.{{Cite web |last=McHugh-Johnson |first=Molly |date=4 September 2024 |title=How we redesigned the Pixel 9 Pro Fold and made it thinner |url=https://blog.google/products/pixel/pixel-9-pro-fold-redesign/ |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Google: The Keyword}}

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold comes in 2 colors: Porcelain (an ecru or off-white) and Obsidian (a dark charcoal gray). They are shown below:

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold uses OLED displays on both the cover display, and the internal display.{{Cite web |title=Pixel 9 Pro Fold Specs |url=https://store.google.com/ca/product/pixel_9_pro_fold_specs?hl=en-GB |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Google Store}} The cover display (used when the phone is folded) has a screen size of 6.3 in (16 cm),{{Cite web |last=Eadicicco |first=Lisa |date=11 October 2024 |title=Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold Review: A New Design Goes a Long Way |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/google-pixel-9-pro-fold-review-a-new-design-goes-a-long-way/#:~:text=8%2Dinch%20OLED%3B%202%2C152x2%2C076%20pixels%2C%201%2D120%20Hz%20variable%20refresh%20rate%20(LTPO) |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=CNET}} while the inner display (used when the phone is unfolded) has a screen size of 8 in (20.32 cm).{{Cite web |last=Eadicicco |first=Lisa |date=11 October 2024 |title=Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold: A New Design Goes a Long Way |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/google-pixel-9-pro-fold-review-a-new-design-goes-a-long-way/#:~:text=8%2Dinch%20OLED%3B%202%2C152x2%2C076%20pixels%2C%201%2D120%20Hz%20variable%20refresh%20rate%20(LTPO) |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=CNET}}

There are 3 rear-facing cameras:

• The 48 MP Quad PD wide angle camera, which has an ƒ/1.7 aperture, an 82° field of view, and a 1/2" image sensor size. The wide angle camera also allows for image stabilization.{{Cite web |title=Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold Technical Specifications |url=https://store.google.com/ca/product/pixel_9_pro_fold_specs?hl=en-GB#:~:text=1x%2C%205x10-,Wide%20camera,-48%20MP%20Quad |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Google Store}}
• The 10.5 MP Dual PD auto-focus ultra-wide camera, which has an ƒ/2.2 aperture, a 127° field of view, and a 1/3.4" image sensor size.{{Cite web |title=Pixel 9 Pro Fold Technical Specifications |url=https://store.google.com/ca/product/pixel_9_pro_fold_specs?hl=en-GB#:~:text=image%20sensor%20size-,Ultrawide%20camera,-10.5%20MP%20Dual |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Google Store}}
• The 10.8 MP Dual PD telephoto camera, which has an ƒ/3.1 aperture, a 23° field of view, and a 1/3.2" image sensor size. The telephoto lens allows for 5x optical zoom, Super Res Zoom up to 20x. and image stabilization.{{Cite web |title=Pixel 9 Pro Fold Technical Specifications |url=https://store.google.com/ca/product/pixel_9_pro_fold_specs?hl=en-GB#:~:text=image%20sensor%20size-,Telephoto%20camera,-10.8%20MP%20Dual |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Google Store}}

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold also has a 10 MP Dual PD front-facing (selfie) camera, which has an ƒ/2.2 aperture, and an 87° field of view. The specs for the front-facing cameras are the exact same both when the phone is folded and unfolded.{{Cite web |title=Pixel 9 Pro Fold Technical Specifications |url=https://store.google.com/ca/product/pixel_9_pro_fold_specs?hl=en-GB#:~:text=wide%20and%20telephoto-,Front%20camera,87%C2%B0%20field%20of%20view11,-Camera%20features |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Google Store}}

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is powered by the fourth-generation of Google's Tensor series of chips (marketed as "Google Tensor G4"),{{Cite web |title=Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold - Full Phone Specifications |url=https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_9_pro_fold-13220.php#:~:text=Chipset,G4%20(4%20nm) |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=GSMarena}} as well as the Titan M2 security co-processor.{{Cite web |last=Buondonno |first=Max |date=13 August 2024 |title=Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold vs. Pixel Fold: Which model should you buy? |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-pixel-9-pro-fold-vs-pixel-fold/#:~:text=Google%27s%20Titan%20M2%20security%20chip |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=ZD NET}} The Pixel 9 Pro Fold comes with a new modem, the Samsung Exynos Modem 5400.{{Cite web |last=Nield |first=David |date=16 August 2024 |title=The Google Pixel 9 comes with a new modem - here's why it matters |url=https://www.techradar.com/phones/google-pixel-phones/the-google-pixel-9-comes-with-a-new-modem-inside-and-heres-why-it-matters#:~:text=the%20Pixel%209%2C%20the%20Pixel%209%20Pro%2C%20the%20Pixel%209%20Pro%20XL%2C%20and%20the%20Pixel%209%20Pro%20Fold%20all%20come%20with%20the%20Exynos%20Modem%205400%20inside |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Tech Radar}} The new modem allows for better call quality, as well as the ability to connect to emergency services via satellite. Similar to the Emergency SOS feature released by Apple on the iPhone 14, this feature allows users to alert emergency services of danger through the use of satellites if the user is in a situation where they are unable to connect to Wi-Fi or a mobile network (such as if they get lost in a desert).{{Cite web |title=Get emergency help through satellite with your Pixel phone |url=https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15254448?hl=en#:~:text=This%20feature%20is%20available%20on%20Pixel%209%2C%20Pixel%209%20Pro%2C%20Pixel%209%20Pro%20XL%2C%20and%20Pixel%209%20Pro%20Fold%20only. |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Pixel Phone Help (Google Help)}}

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold comes with 16GB of RAM,{{Cite web |title=The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold |url=https://fi.google.com/about/phones/pixel-9-pro-fold#:~:text=chip%20yet%20and-,16%20GB%20of%20RAM,-%2C%20Pixel%209%20Pro |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Google Fi Wireless}} and allows the user to choose between either 256 GB of storage (starting from US$1799) or 512 GB of storage (starting from US$1919).{{Cite web |title=Pixel 9 Pro Fold |url=https://store.google.com/us/config/pixel_9_pro_fold?hl=en-US&selections=eyJwcm9kdWN0RmFtaWx5IjoiY0dsNFpXeGZPVjl3Y205ZlptOXNaQT09IiwidmFyaWFudHMiOltbIjIiLCJNUT09Il1dfQ%3D%3D#:~:text=Choose%20your%20storage,%241%2C919 |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Google Store}}

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold has a 4650mAh battery, which, according to GSMarena's testing, is equivalent to 11 hours and 54 minutes of screen time (however, it's important to note that things like battery age and usage will affect battery life beyond what tests can show).{{Cite web |date=18 September 2024 |title=Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold review |url=https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_9_pro_fold-review-2744p3.php#:~:text=The%20Pixel%209%20Pro%20Fold%20features,Use%20Score%20of%2011%3A54%20hours |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=GSMarena}} It also has support for 45W fast charging, and supports Qi-certified wireless charging.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-14 |title=Pixel 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, 9 Pro Fold launched: Full list of India price, top specs and exclusive features |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/features/story/pixel-9-9-pro-9-pro-xl-9-pro-fold-launched-full-list-of-india-price-specs-and-exclusive-features-2581902-2024-08-14 |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=India Today |language=en}}

The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold shipped with many new artificial intelligence and Gemini features. These include updates such as Gemini Live (a conversational AI that is based on the existing Gemini chatbot),{{Cite web |title=Talk Naturally with Gemini Live |url=https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/15274899?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Gemini Apps Help (Google Help)}} AI photo editing tools (such as Add Me - a tool that allows you to add the person taking the photo to a group picture),{{Cite web |last=McHugh-Johnson |first=Molly |date=13 August 2024 |title=14 new things you can do in Pixel thanks to AI. |url=https://blog.google/products/pixel/google-pixel-9-new-ai-features/ |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Google: The Keyword}} and Pixel Studio (a text-to-image AI photo generation tool that runs on-device and uses Google's image generation tool - Imagen 3). For a full list of new AI features, see the article [https://blog.google/products/pixel/google-pixel-9-new-ai-features/#pixel9phones 14 new things you can do with Pixel thanks to AI] (It's important to note that the linked article was written by Google - the makers of the Pixel series of products including this phone).

At launch, the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold shipped with Android 14. However, on the 15th of October 2024, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, along with the other phones in the Pixel 9 series of products, received an update to Android 15 (in the form of a feature drop).{{Cite web |title=Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold Android Update Status |url=https://www.androidupdatetracker.com/p/google-pixel-9-pro-fold |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Android Update Tracker}} Google has claimed that the Pixel 9 Pro fold will receive a total of 7 years of OS and security updates, meaning the phone will be supported until 2031.{{Cite web |title=Learn when you'll get software updates on Google Pixel phones |url=https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/4457705?hl=en#zippy=:~:text=get%20Pixel%20updates-,Pixel%208%20and%20later%20phones,Pixel%208,-Pixel%207a%2C%20Pixel |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Pixel Phone Help (Google Help)}}

Ahead of its expected release, The Verge{{'s}} expressed excitement for prospective improvements to the original model's flaws.

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