Google Pixel 10

The compact Google Pixel 10 includes most of the Pixel Pro features for a more affordable price, making it an attractive phone for Android lovers who don't need the highest-end model.

Assuming the battery life isn’t some kind of glitch and that’s the results we’re working with, stamina is the biggest downfall here. It’s not aggressively bad, and shouldn’t drastically affect those who religiously charge overnight, but it’s still quite a ways behind the competition. Add the weaker performance into the mix, and it’s clear that the Pixel 10 is nowhere near as good a compact flagship as the Samsung Galaxy S25.

The Google Pixel 10 is Google’s most competitive Pixel yet, with magnetic charging that will steal MagSafe’s thunder and real zoom cameras that top whatever a comparable iPhone can shoot. It’s a great phone today, but with a decent future discount it should be the first phone you consider.

Google has redrawn the expectations of base flagship smartphones. While it doesn’t have cameras quite as powerful as the Pixel 10 Pro, it combines the utility of a long-range telephoto camera with an array of camera software tools that benefit both professional and novice smartphone photographers alike. Under the hood there’s a tangibly more powerful processor and a bigger battery, while Qi2 support with Pixelsnap means the Pixel 10 works with tripods, wireless charging docks and other accessories made for iPhones.

It's this balance you have to navigate. I've enjoyed my time with the Pixel 10 series, they're easily the best phones Google has made. They have some genuinely smart features as always, which continually get better. I still very much like Google's Assistant Voice Typing in Gboard, for example, which is one of the best on a phone. But then you have the other spectrum that takes creative liberties no one asked for.

The Pixel 10 ($799), Pixel 10 Pro ($999), and Pixel 10 Pro XL ($1199) are Google’s best flagship phones yet. They update last year’s Pixel 9 series with a more efficient processor platform, brighter displays, meaningful camera tweaks, larger batteries, faster charging, and Qi2 magnetic accessory support, though US models lack a SIM tray.

The Pixel 10 is a worthy upgrade if your Android handset is several years old, but most of its AI features still need some work.