Google's New Pixel 10 Pro Set To Improve User Comfort
With the launch of the upcoming Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro smartphones, Google is expected to leverage the next generation of mobile AI, enhanced camera technology, and the benefits of its custom Tensor Mobile chipset, ultimately contributing to a faster user experience. Yet, there is one upgrade that will make the Pixel 10 Pro more comfortable to use, which may slip by many.
Android Authority's Kamila Wojciechowska reports on Google's plans to improve its pulse width modulation on the Pro models of the next Pixel family. PWM allows for better battery efficiency when dimming a green; rather than simply reducing the voltage across the display, it pulses the panel off and on at a high frequency. This lowers the effective brightness while preserving the color accuracy, allowing dimmer displays and the aforementioned benefits of power consumption.
This is not a new feature to smartphones—you'll find it on many leading smartphones, including Samsung's Galaxy S25 and OnePlus's titular OnePlus 13—but Google's implementation of PWM is at a relatively low frequency. This can cause headaches in those sensitive to the fast switching of the display or find that longer sessions with their phone can quickly lead to eye strain.
Google is expected to increase that frequency from the current 240 Hz to 480 Hz on the Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL; a welcome boost for those who find the current Pixel displays uncomfortable. This will lift the performance of the Pixel display, but it will fall short of some handsets (such as the Honor Magic7 Pro, which can run the screen up to 4,320 Hz)
It is worth noting that the increase is not expected to reach the base Pixel 10 or the flex that is the Pixel 10 Pro Fold.
Current indications are that Google will hold a 'Made By Google' event towards the end of Aug, 2025 where the new Pixel phones will be revealed, with a retail release to follow in the weeks after.
Now read the latest Pixel 10 Pro, Galaxy Z Fold7 and One Nord headlines in Forbes' Android Circuit news digest …
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