Tensor helps bring the latest innovations from Google to your Pixel phone first: the transformative power of generative AI, innovative and high-quality photos and video, powerful security and performance, and more. 

Pixel is the only phone engineered by Google and built with a unique combination of hardware, software, and AI from Google in a custom-designed chip. This makes Pixel more helpful, more personal, and more adaptable to you.²

And because many of the AI innovations on Pixel run on your device through Tensor, they work quickly and privately – and don’t require an internet connection.³

There’s more good news: Tensor keeps getting better with each generation. Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold are equipped with Google’s fourth-generation chip. Tensor G4 improves fundamentals like battery life and performance - for example, on average it’s 20% faster browsing the web and 17% faster opening apps than Tensor G3. It’s also more power efficient for taking photos, shooting video, and streaming YouTube content, so you can do more between charges.⁴ And it unlocks new, Pixel-exclusive features you’re sure to love.

The newest Pixel 9 phones, powered by Tensor G4, will also be the first to run Gemini Nano with Multimodality, the latest on-device AI model from Google, to help your phone understand not just text input, but also image, audio, and speech.

Tensor is the system-on-chip processor co-designed with the Google DeepMind team, which is at the forefront of the latest innovations in machine learning and generative AI. Tensor was conceptualised in 2016 and first integrated on Pixel 6 in 2021. Tensor plays a key role in optimising large AI models for mobile devices, so Pixel can continue to have the latest innovations, like instantly translating messages and videos⁵ or summarising a long audio recording without significant drains on battery.

Tensor delivers the best of Google’s intelligence to Pixel first, including Gemini innovations, putting the most personal, helpful features right in your hand.

With Tensor G4’s cutting-edge computational photography and image processing, your phone can now render more dynamic images, capture more details during zoom, and process sharper, higher-quality photos and videos. Oh, and powers feature that solve many problems with our photos we’ve all just come to accept, like: 

• Add Me: This feature lets you take the picture, and be in it, too. Take one photo with the group, then swap in the photographer. Pixel merges the photos together so everyone is included, using augmented reality and on-device AI with Google Tensor G4.⁶ 

• Best Take: Helps you find the best moment or choose everyone’s best expression to get a group picture that everyone loves.⁷ Google Tensor G4 helps bring other next-gen features to the Pixel 9 phones, like enhancements to Panorama mode and Super Res Zoom Video, so you can capture more details than ever before. 

• Unlock creativity with Pixel Studio: First-of-its-kind image generator that lets you create almost any image or artwork you can imagine just by typing your idea.⁸ By combining a text-to-image model in the cloud with an on-device diffusion model accelerated on Tensor G4, you can quickly edit and add captions to your creations even when you’re offline.

Live Caption: Now you can communicate faster as machine learning recognises speech and turns it into text in real time. Tensor G4 also makes real-time language translation possible with Live Translate, either speech-to-text or directly to audio.⁵

There’s a separate core on the Google Tensor chip that’s set apart from the application processor, so sensitive tasks and controls run in an isolated environment, making them even more resilient to attacks. With Google Tensor G4 and the certified Titan M2™ security chip⁹, Pixel offers highest rated security features. ¹⁰ And Pixel 9 uses advanced machine learning models to deliver a secure Face Unlock¹¹ that meets Android’s highest biometric standard class, making it strong enough for banking applications.

With your permission, Pixel Screenshots on Pixel 9 phones saves info you want to remember later – like events, places, and more – and uses Gemini to help find what you need.¹² The Tensor processors are jointly designed with Gemini Nano models so Pixel Screenshots runs quickly, privately and efficiently on-device to help your phone understand the content within a screenshot you’ve taken - and help you take action when you go back to it. 

Lastly, get seven years of security updates, Pixel Drops, and OS upgrades – Pixel phones will always be first to roll out the latest AI innovations from Google – that’s the advantage of having a phone, processing chip, and AI development under one roof.¹³