Google’s latest AI camera feature can give the Pixel an edge over competing phones – and even professional cameras.
The Google Pixel 10’s new Pro Res Zoom allows it to capture detailed imagery at 100X zoom.
Early comparison shots with the Galaxy S25 Ultra have the Google phone ahead.
The ball is in Apple’s court to deliver an iPhone 17 camera experience that’s just as competitive.
I love zoom photography, and I’m thrilled to see Google using AI to elevate zoom photography on smartphones in the new Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL.
I take a ton of photos on smartphones — over 100,000 shots on iPhone and Android — and over the years, a lot of them have become difficult to tell apart from the professional photos I shoot on Sony mirrorless cameras. But the phone shots that still don’t quite measure up — and where I still usually have to take out a big camera — are the long-distance zoom shots.
With the new Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL, Google is upgrading its Pro Res Zoom to capture much greater detail by using a combination of the new Tensor G5 chip and what Google calls its « largest AI model ever used on a Pixel Camera.
