Joe Maring / Android Authority
The Google Pixel 10 Pro is an outstanding Android phone. With high-end hardware, good thermals, excellent software, and top-notch cameras, Google’s latest flagship has quickly become one of my favorite Android releases of this year.
However, much of what makes the Pixel 10 Pro so great is that it carries over many of the same specs and features from the Pixel 9 Pro — one of the biggest being the cameras.
I’ve been thrilled with the Pixel 10 Pro’s camera performance, but given that it uses the same camera hardware as the Pixel 9 Pro, is it actually any different or better? I’ve been comparing the cameras on both phones over the past few weeks, and the results have been surprising.
Pixel 10 Pro vs. Pixel 9 Pro: camera specs
Joe Maring / Android Authority Pixel 10 Pro (left) and Pixel 9 Pro
From a hardware perspective, the Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro cameras are virtually identical. Both phones feature a 50MP primary camera, a 48MP ultrawide camera with a 123° field of view, and a 48MP telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom. On the front of both phones is a 42MP selfie camera with autofocus and a 103° FoV.
However, there are some smaller changes that are worth mentioning.
While the primary camera sensor remains the same, the Pixel 10 Pro benefits from improved stabilization. The telephoto camera on the Pixel 10 Pro is also capable of 100x Pro Res Zoom, compared to the 30x maximum on the Pixel 9 Pro.
It’s easy to assume that unchanged camera lenses would result in identical-looking photos between the Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro, but as I quickly found out during my testing, that’s not at all true.
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