In the renders shared online, the Pixel 9a‘s design looks like a cross between the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro Fold. Gone is the camera bar that spanned the upper width of the Pixel 8a. It has been replaced by a Google search bar-shaped camera island that doesn’t protrude and instead sits flush with the back of the phone. The LED flash has been placed outside of the bar.
Other design aspects remain mostly unchanged, with the phone still sporting rounded corners and there’s still a camera cutout in the display.
The phone is still a long way off now, with logic dictating that it will be announced in May 2025 during Google’s I/O conference. Specs aren’t known at this point, but it’s likely to stick with the same 6.1-inch screen as the Pixel 8a.
Like other recent a-series phones, the Pixel 9a will probably have the same Tensor G4 as Google’s more premium phones under the hood. It’s also possible that it will have a bigger battery than the Pixel 8a‘s 4,492mAh cell.
The Pixel 9a will allegedly be Google’s last handset with a Samsung-made chip, as the G5 is rumored to be a fully custom chip that would be manufactured by TSMC, which also makes chips for Apple and Qualcomm, instead of Samsung.
