Pixel 9 and 9 Pro XL review: forward motion

Google's hardware game continues to improve

Google is getting a lot better at this.

Last year’s Pixel 8 Pro was a statement of intent. It might not have been the flashiest phone released in 2023, but it was easy to recommend. Even though most previous Pixel phones had their flaws, they were always endearing. You wanted to like them. But the Pixel 8 Pro was good.

Not quite a year later, we have the …