Google has confirmed in a teaser video that its upcoming line of smartphones includes a new foldable model. The company called the Pixel 9 Pro Fold a “foldable phone built for the Gemini era” in its promo tweet, and it even focused on its gen AI chatbot in the video. Similar to the non-foldable Pixel 9 Pro, this model also has a prominent camera bump. Its lenses are arranged vertically near one side of the phone, so the camera bump is mostly there and doesn’t take up the whole width of the folded device.
While Google has yet to formally unveil the model, a previous leak, courtesy of Android Authority, has already revealed a lot of details about the upcoming Pixel 9 models. Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC) uploaded galleries of each phone — Pixel 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL and 9 Pro Fold — to its archives. Some of those photos feature an unfolded 9 Pro Fold, showing how Google moved its selfie camera to the inside screen for a wider field of view. They also show that the model has a reduced fold crease on the display, which measures 250mm or just under 10 inches.
The NCC’s leak revealed that the upcoming devices need bigger chargers, as well. Their charging rates are generally faster than previous models based on the agency’s tests, though the Pixel 9 Pro Fold was the slowest of them all. We’ll be able to confirm those details when Google launches its new smartphones at the next Made by Google event that’s happening on August 13.
