Pixel 9 hands-on video leak points to a bright pink color for Google’s next flagship

It definitely stands out

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We were expecting to see theGoogle Pixel 9and Pixel 9 Pro in October, butGooglehas announced that it’slaunching them in August, and ahead of the big reveal we’ve spotted a new and unofficial hands-on video leak of what appears to be a Pixel 9 in a bright pink finish.

This comes from@hanibioudon X (via9to5Google), with the caption “Pixel 9 is already out in Algeria”. This isn’t a source we’ve heard from before, so apply the usual pinch of salt, but the phone on show does match up withleaked photoswe’ve already seen.

Pixel 9 is already out in Algeria.Storage: 256GBColor : PinkI’ll keep you updated tomorrow morning. pic.twitter.com/0mE1QlCbEgJuly 1, 2024

What is certain is that we have a very striking color here: aprevious rumorhas mentioned Peony as one of the Pixel 9 colors, which could conceivably refer to this bright pink. It’s definitely going to get noticed every time you use it.

You can also see the switch to flat edges that we werealready expecting, compared to the more rounded sides of theGoogle Pixel 8. The phone isn’t switched on in this clip, however, so we might be looking at a very well-made dummy unit of some description.

Chipset and AI upgrades

While the design may be getting some tweaks, it sounds as thoughnot much will changeunder the hood. The Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro will debut the Tensor G4 chipset, but this may not offer huge performance increases over the Tensor G3 used in last year’s flagships.

There will no doubt be a bunch of new AI tricks involved, as the Pixel 9 phones will be launching alongsideAndroid 15. We’veheard talkof a generative AI sticker-creation tool to match whatAppleis doing with Genmojis iniOS 18.

So far we haven’t seen any significant rumors around camera configurations and prices, so there are still plenty of outstanding questions when it comes to what the Pixel 9 range will bring with it – and how the phones might tempt buyers away from theGoogle Pixel 8a.

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Meanwhile, the official teaser for the August 13 eventgives us a quick glimpseof the Pixel 9 Pro. We’re counting down the days to the big reveal, and we might alsosee an XL modelandanother foldable phonefrom Google on the same day.

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