NEW Google Pixel 9 FOLD Full review

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Get one here: https://store.google.com ~Get My Newsletter: http://www.techgadgetscanada.com/newsletter-signup/ *Read more: http://www.TechGadgetsCanada.com *Follow me on Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/TechGadgetsCanada Just a year after first entering the foldable phone game, Google has already made a substantial upgrade. This version has so many changes over the original, it probably should have a different name, and maybe that’s why Google’s calling it the Pixel 9 Pro FOLD. In this review I’m going to get hands on with the 9 Pro Fold ahead of its public launch, and I'll take a look at what's new, improved, and different from the original version. I'll test out its special features myself, and then I'll wrap things up with the overall pros and cons and let you know if I think this might be a good folding smart phone for you. I'd also like to say thank you to Google for gifting me this phone so I could review it hands-on. While company has provided it to me, they have not asked for nor received permission to contribute to, change or influence the review in anyway. These thoughts are all mine. Let’s get a closer look.. With a 6.3” external display, and 8-inch internal dual screen, this is bigger all the way around, than the original. Even so it’s thinner and lighter, and the screen is much brighter compared to the previous generation, which is actually no longer available. When you take a look at these two phones side by side, the improvements are obvious. The other significant upgrade is one you can’t see as clearly, and that’s that the 9 Pro Fold is Google's first folding phone packed with all of its new Gemini AI features. In a nutshell, Gemini gives you AI powered assistance over many tasks and even alive assistant you can talk to in conversation form. I'm not going to get too deep into the inner workings of Gemini AI on Pixel in this video. The Gemini app is on the phone, and if you do want to go deeper, you can check out my Google pixel 9 review, or my video that explains all about Gemini and it’s ChatGPT-like cousin Gemini Live. Those videos are here on the channel linked in the Description and will be ready to play for you if you stick around until the end. Let's dive into the hardware and design of this new model and then I'll layout some of the new software toys, including Add Me, which lets you insert yourself into photos, Made You Look, which can help you take better photos of babies, Dual Screen preview which shows the person you’re photographing what their picture looks like, Tabletop photo mode and tabletop video player. Design The outer screen is a full size phone screen, meaning you can do a lot with it before you even open it up. The hinge mechanism is upgraded; in the old one it created kind of a bridge between the halves, but here, it’s practicaly seamless. The crease is noticeable, but it seems perhaps less so than the original, possibly because the phone actually opens and sits much flatter. There is a large protruding camera array on the back of the phone which means when it is folded closed and sitting on its back it leans at a slight angle. The edges of the phone are extremely rounded and one early annoyance I did find is that that makes it very slippery and somewhat awkward to open the phone to its tablet configuration. Most of the time I opted to jam a fingernail in there to help pop it open, but it seemed like the nail was getting caught a bit on the screen edge so that did concern me. Plus, not everyone has nails. Despite those minor annoyances I’d still give the overall design an 8 out of 10, because this type of technology still absolutely impresses me, and because it really appears that Google's design team has taken so much care with every aspect. User experience Some of the motions on the phone can be a little bit awkward to get used to simply because of its size but I think I can get used to this with time. Like before, you can use the Taskbar to switch between your apps or drag a compatible app into splitscreen mode to multitask with two apps side-by-side. When in splitscreen, you can drag and drop files across different apps, like Google Photos to Messages and Slides. Plus Google made the Taskbar dynamic, meaning it will disappear when you’re done using it so it doesn’t take up screen real estate. The screen is noticeably brighter and makes a huge difference when outdoors in bright light.   Hardware The hardware specifications of the Google Pixel Fold are impressive. The external 6.3-inch display offers a 1080p 120Hz OLED panel with over 2700 nits peak brightness. On the inside, there's that 8-inch OLED display also featuring a 120Hz refresh rate and improved resolution. The phone is powered by Google's upgraded Tensor G4 chip. It also has an improved 16GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage.