Google Pixel 6 Pro brings the lineup’s best telephoto camera yet, but how good is it in comparison to others? Let’s take a look.
Taking a look first at the physical hardware here, the Pixel 6 Pro packs a 48MP telephoto camera that uses a periscope lens design which enables optical zoom of 4x. Then, using the resolution of the camera sensor and Google’s Super Res Zoom feature, the camera can max out at 20x hybrid digital zoom. The competitors here start with the Pixel 5. That’s the phone the Pixel 6 Pro replaces and one that lacked a telephoto camera entirely. Then, there’s the Pixel 4 XL, which was the last Pixel smartphone with a telephoto lens at 2x. After that, the Galaxy S21 Ultra, which is currently the gold standard for telephoto photography with its 10x optical zoom lens. And finally, we’ll also take a look at how the quality of zoom compares on the standard Pixel 6 versus the Pixel 6 Pro. Starting with a baseline using the standard camera, we can look at how the Pixel 6 Pro compares in standard shots. It’s clearly ahead of previous Pixels and puts up quite the fight with the Galaxy S21 Ultra.
