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Google’s Pixel 9 lineup is a Pro show

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That matters when you’re trying to run AI on-device, and the Pixel 9 series comes with an updated Gemini Nano model that adds multimodality so it can analyze images and speech as well as text. Panorama mode features a new UI and support for Night Sight, and the HDR Plus pipeline has been adjusted to fine-tune sharpening and contrast. But the inner screen is the main attraction on a folding phone, and not only is it bigger this time around — 8 inches versus 7.6 — but it also gets much brighter at up to 2,700 nits in peak brightness mode, compared to 1,450.

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