Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

Google's heavily revised Pixel 9 Pro Fold is an attractive, book-style folding phone that banks on the power of Gemini AI to appeal to early adopters, but it falls just short of Samsung when it comes to productivity perks.

Google's second foldable is all grown up, with refined hardware, superior cameras and long-lasting battery. It just needs to iron out a few software quirks to finish maturing.

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is a strong follow up to Google's first foldable phone with a huge 8-inch display, slim design and longer battery life. But the weaker software and camera improvements make it a tough sell at $1,799, especially when compared to rival devices like the OnePlus Open.

Google mostly knocked it out of the park with its second foldable phone, thanks to a great new form factor and huge screens.

It's these types of little things that add up to make the Pixel 9 Pro Fold feel a bit … weird. It does its job well if a mini tablet is what you want—I prefer using it over the Galaxy Z Fold 6—but Google needs to work on its feature parity so that you don't feel like you're missing out on the latest and greatest when you have the company's most expensive piece of hardware in your hands.

The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is their second foldable smartphone and the first to make it Downunder. It is a great debut here with the outer display perfectly useful on its own. Inside is a big, bold, bright and beautiful 8-inch display. The triple rear camera takes great pictures but not the best of all Pixel phones.