Pixel 9 Pro review: The full Pro camera kit in a compact 6.3" body.
The compact phone for people who care about photos above all else.
The Pixel 9 Pro packs the XL’s entire camera and AI feature set into a 6.3" frame. As with every Pixel, you trade raw chip performance for software smarts and a seven-year update runway.
01Display
92/10092/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2024.
02Camera
95/100At 95/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2024 — 7 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
84/10084/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2024 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
82/10082/100 trails the 87-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2024.
05Build
91/10091/100 puts it above the 88-point average for flagship phones of 2024.
06Value
83/10083/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2024.
- Identical Pro camera system to the XL in a compact body.
- Class-leading photo processing and editing.
- Seven years of updates.
- 3,000-nit display is superb outdoors.
- Tensor G4 performance trails rival flagships.
- 27 W charging is slow for the price.
- Runs warm under sustained load.
- Smaller battery than the XL.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 40-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .