While charging speeds will most likely remain the same, there’s plenty of room to improve the battery life even with the expected changes to the battery life. This could happen through improving the power efficiency through new hardware and optimized software.
Below you will find all of our expectations for the Pixel 9 series’ battery and charging specs. Make sure to come back and check for new information every now and then, as there is still plenty of time for surprises through new leaks and reports.
Pixel 9 expected battery upgrades
| Battery capacity/phone | Battery size |
|---|---|
| Pixel 9 Pro XL | 4,942 mAh (-2% vs previous model’s 5,050 mAh mAh battery)* |
| Pixel 9 Pro | 4,780 mAh* |
| Pixel 9 | 4,780 mAh (+4% vs previous model’s 4,575 mAh battery)* |
*-rumored battery sizes
Here are images of each Pixel 9 series battery from the aforementioned NCC report:
Pixel 9 expected charging upgrades
There have been no leaks to indicate that any of the Pixel 9 models will have faster charging speeds than the previous generation. So, with that in mind, these are the charging speeds we expect from this year’s Pixel lineup:
Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL charging speeds:
- 30W wired
- 15W wireless
- 5W reverse-wireless
Pixel 9 charging speeds:
- 27W wired
- 18W wireless
- 5W reverse-wireless
