Google Pixel 9 series

[limmk]

rolex

I can only see your Rolex watch in the picture.

There is no Rolex

 

[kashix]

There is no Rolex

Who stole my watch!!!!

 

[limmk]

Who stole my watch!!!!

A glitch in the Google Matrix

 

[Loser]

A glitch in the Google Matrix

I see you're putting your 9 pro XL pixel studio to good use.

 

[kashix]

A glitch in the Google Matrix

Hello Mr Anderson

 

[limmk]

I see you're putting your 9 pro XL pixel studio to good use.

P8P magic editor lah

 

[limmk]

TL;DR

• The Google Pixel 9 has a new Adaptive Touch feature that’s enabled by default.
• Adaptive Touch automatically adjusts your Pixel 9’s touch sensitivity based on various factors.
• For example, it boosts the sensitivity when your fingers are wet or when you apply a screen protector.

The Google Pixel 9 series just debuted less than two weeks ago, and we’re still finding new aspects about the phones that Google didn’t tell us about. That isn’t too surprising, considering the Made by Google keynote lasted about an hour and twenty minutes, with twenty of those minutes being spent on Google’s AI services rather than the new hardware. Even so, we thought we already knew everything there was to know about the Pixel 9’s display, but as it turns out, it still had one more trick up its sleeves: Adaptive Touch.


Tucked under Settings > Display > Touch sensitivity is a new Adaptive Touch feature. When Adaptive Touch is enabled, “touch sensitivity will automatically adjust to your environment, activities and screen protector.”

If this feature sounds familiar, it’s because we reported back in March that the Pixel 9 may debut Adaptive Touch. At the time, though, we didn’t know what environmental factors or activities would cause the Pixel 9’s touch sensitivity to be automatically adjusted. Now that we have the device in our hands, though, we can confirm that wet fingers (or rather, a wet screen) are one factor that impacts touch sensitivity.

We compared the touch sensitivity of the Pixel 9 with Adaptive Touch to a Pixel 8 Pro without Adaptive Touch, and the results were clear: the Pixel 9 works much better with wet fingers than the Pixel 8 Pro. As you can see in the video embedded in this article, scrolling with a wet finger looks pretty normal on the Pixel 9. In contrast, there are random jumps and pans on the Pixel 8 Pro when scrolling with a wet finger.



Although I don’t have a screen protector yet for my Pixel 9, I’m guessing that Adaptive Touch will simply boost the touch sensitivity whenever it detects that a screen protector has been applied to the device. If so, then this aspect of Adaptive Touch isn’t actually new functionality, as this also happens with the Pixel 8 as well. The difference now is that the Pixel 9 can automatically adjust its touch sensitivity in more scenarios beyond just screen protectors.

The Adaptive Touch feature was enabled by default on our Pixel 9 review unit as well as on a Pixel 9 Pro XL retail unit running the stock firmware. Thus, you don’t need to dive into the Settings app to enable it. I’m not sure why you’d ever want to disable Adaptive Touch, but if you do, the toggle can be found under Settings > Display > Touch sensitivity, as mentioned previously.

If you’ve picked up a Pixel 9 already, let us know how its touch sensitivity compares to your previous phone! And if you have issues with touch sensitivity on the new phone, you can try the new Touch diagnostics troubleshooting menu under Settings > Display.

 

[limmk]

Stopping by Pixel 9 series thread....

 

[ThinkMe]

Really need to find a case soon, almost dropped earlier, too slippery liao

Chio bu fingernails??


Sent from Pixel 6a

 

[lockweld]

was busy playing with the phone for the past 2 days and was impressed with it compared with the last P3 which I last used back in 2019.

here are some pics of it

 

[perfectlight]

how's the battery so far on the pixel 9 series?

 

[KeYoKe]

how's the battery so far on the pixel 9 series?

On xl, 4hr 45 min sot about 50 percent left, 20 percent 5g, the rest all on wifi

 

[samferguson]

Anything overheating with daily normal usage?

 

[kashix]

Anything overheating with daily normal usage?

Overheat no, but gets warm, not sure if its because I'm using without casing, therefore I can feel the heat more easily through direct contact

 

[garychengjw]

Anything overheating with daily normal usage?

no more le. if drill down to warm, more like lukewarm-ish. improve alot.

 

[kEvinErd]

On xl, 4hr 45 min sot about 50 percent left, 20 percent 5g, the rest all on wifi

Sounds good. Hope the smaller Pro’s battery life is also as good!

 

[perfectlight]

Sounds good. Hope the smaller Pro’s battery life is also as good!

planning to get the pro one instead?

 

[lockweld]

how's the battery so far on the pixel 9 series?

It was fully charged to 94% yesterday morning and went out around 9 am and when I got back home around 3 pm, it was 50% with SOT at around 4 hrs plus, at around 9pm it was down to 27%. Overall it was good imo compared to my Samsung S22+, but then again my Samsung S22+ I restrict the charge to 80%

I would say the battery life is similar to my iPhone 13 Pro Max

 

[crow_nest]

Anything overheating with daily normal usage?

The only time I actually felt heat was when I was taking a few pics. The camera app seemed to have ramped up the temps a little bit there. But later I took a video and it didn't get warm at all, so that was weird.

 

[kashix]

Mandatory purchase shot