Google Phones' Decade - Long Biggest Upgrade: AI - Powered Google App Suite Challenges Apple, Single

After a decade of significant upgrades, Google has won big.

Before Apple could make a move, Google stepped in and stole the show! Last night, the brand - new Pixel 10 "product family" was fully unleashed. All models are powered by Gemini, and the 100x zoom captures every detail with stunning clarity. This is Google's most significant upgrade in a decade, marking the end of its traditional smartphones.

Recently, Google's mysterious AI image - generation model, Nano Banana, has caused quite a stir across the internet.

With features like one - sentence photo editing, old photo restoration, and reference - based image generation, it is truly the ultimate AI editor.

Now, this top - notch AI image model is deeply integrated into Google's new - generation smartphones, the Pixel 10 "product family".

At the Made by Google 2025 product launch event, Google unveiled the Pixel 10 series for the first time, directly targeting Apple's yet - to - be - released iPhone 17.

The Pixel 10 series consists of four models — Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold. They are equipped with the brand - new Tensor G5 chip and the Gemini Nano model.

Compared with the hardware configuration, what really gets the whole internet excited is the powerful AI capabilities equipped in all Pixel 10 models:

Gemini Live: Voice mode allows you to ask questions wherever you point the camera, and the AI will immediately provide answers. The voice conversation time is five times longer than text input.

Voice Translate: Real - time voice translation, with a built - in "translator" that supports 11 different languages.

Nano Banana: Photo editor that can instantly remove people, change clothes, and adjust lighting.

Camera Coach: Built on Gemini, it serves as a personal photography "mentor", taking care of composition, frame layout, and shooting methods.

Pro Res Zoom: A smart 100x zoom AI that intelligently restores and optimizes complex details.

Magic Cue: Smart information prompt that automatically suggests content from Gmail, calendar, and messages.

With the support of Gemini Live, even when you go shopping alone, the Pixel 10 can give you suggestions.

For novice photographers, especially boyfriends who don't know how to take good photos of their girlfriends, the Pixel 10 comes with an AI photographer that provides full - course guidance on angles and layouts.

Meanwhile, Google also introduced a variety of supporting hardware, such as the Pixel Watch 4 and Pixel Buds 2a, all fully embracing AI.

Google has achieved what Apple has yet to do.

Some netizens said that just looking at a night - scene photo, the difference between the iPhone and the Pixel is quite striking.

A decade - long significant upgrade, Google wins big

Yesterday, Google officially announced that the era of traditional smartphones is over. Phones, watches, earphones, foldable screens... all are powered by Gemini.

This might be the most significant smartphone upgrade in the past decade.

Yesterday, Google launched the Pixel 10 series in one go: Pixel 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, and 10 Pro Fold.

New design, equipped with Material 3 Expression UI

Supports Pixel Snap and Qi2 magnetic accessories

Provides up to 7 years of system updates and Pixel Drops feature push

Let's first take a look at the core hardware upgrades this time: the chip and the camera.

Google's most powerful chip: Tensor G5 chip

The Tensor G5 is Google's most extensive upgrade to date, achieving a significant improvement in performance and enhancement in all aspects —

The TPU performance is increased by up to 60%.

The average CPU running speed is 34% faster.

It is built using TSMC's leading 3 - nanometer process technology.

The new security hardware provides more comprehensive protection for the Pixel.

The Tensor G5 makes the Pixel phones fast and smart.

The new image signal processor (ISP) in the Tensor G5 chip improves the high - quality video shooting of the Pixel, even in low - light environments.

It supports the dynamic de - blur function by default and provides 10 - bit color depth for 1080p and 4K 30 videos.

In addition, it improves the "Real Tone" function, which can seamlessly restore the different skin tones of everyone in photos or videos, showing everyone's true radiance.

Besides enhancing image and video quality, the Tensor G5 also drives a series of camera functions.

Pixel camera: More than just a 5x telephoto lens

The Pixel 10 is equipped with a 5x periscope telephoto lens for the first time.

It offers the best - in - class 2x zoom image quality, fast autofocus, 10x optical - quality zoom, and up to 20x super - resolution zoom.

The Pixel 10 Pro Fold uses a brand - new 48 - megapixel rear - camera sensor.

The Pixel camera runs the largest - scale AI model ever, extending your zoom range amazingly to 100x while retaining amazing details.

The Pixel camera has also undergone a comprehensive AI evolution:

Auto Best Take: Combines 150 frames to create the perfect group photo.

Camera Coach: AI guides composition, lighting, and techniques.

Instant View exclusive to the foldable screen: Preview while shooting.

Content Credentials C2PA: Authenticates the authenticity of photos natively.

Moreover, this launch happens just a few weeks before Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 17.

In contrast, Apple's new phones still follow the familiar upgrade routine — a stronger camera, perhaps a thinner body, and a few new color options.

Apple has shown a smarter Siri, but now it's "hard to catch a glimpse", and other so - called Apple Intelligence features are also underwhelming.

However, Google's Pixel phones this time offer a full - fledged AI experience — and they are all tools that users can really use.

The smart tools in the new Pixel series have even made journalist and iPhone user Nicole Nguyen envious.

Going head - to - head with Apple, the real AI phone makes its debut

On the Pixel 10, Gemini is natively integrated into the device, allowing many people to truly experience what a "real AI phone" is.

Gemini Live: AI super - butler, online 24/7

At this year's Google I/O conference, the demonstration of Gemini Live guiding a guy to assemble a bike while on a call amazed the whole internet.

This time, the Gemini Live installed on the new Pixel 10 has also been upgraded in function.

Different from the past, it can now "circle" objects in real - time videos!

Suppose you want a cup of coffee and directly ask Gemini Live, "Can you teach me how to make an espresso?"

It will circle and tell you, "First, press the grinding button on the left, and then add coffee beans to the bean hopper."

Here, Gemini Live has a new "Visual Overlays" function. It can clearly see what you see and give suggestions by highlighting objects on the screen.

It also adds a new audio model that can monitor a person's tone, such as excitement or worry, and adjust accordingly.

If you're going for a job interview and want to practice self - introduction in advance, just turn to Gemini Live.

It will act as your "interviewer" and help you smoothly talk about your work experience and personal abilities.

Magic Cue: Get everything done with a single word. Siri has to wait until 2026

This time, Google also launched a major AI, Magic Cue, which is comparable to Siri. It can actively provide personal suggestions based on real - time situations.

The emergence of Magic Cue truly narrows the distance between humans and AI.

For years, Google has been dreaming of users having an active interaction with its AI technology. This concept germinated long before the AI era.

In the early 2010s, Google launched a feature called "Google Now" in the Android system, which actively popped up information cards and provided real - time information based on the schedule.

More than a decade later, Magic Cue, powered by the new - version Gemini Nano, makes its debut and is deeply integrated into the Pixel 10.

It can sense information in personal Gmail, calendar, Keep notes, message apps, and screenshots, and automatically provide relevant information and operations at the right time.

At the press conference, a guy demonstrated on - site that when he received a message from a friend about where to have dinner, Magic Cue would pop up a reminder below the message window — a reservation has been made at Coppelia.

You don't need to type manually. Just click the reminder to send.