I’ve never been shy about the fact that I’m a Pixel fanboy. Pixels are the only phones I’ve ever bought with my own money, and they’re the reviews I most look forward to writing each year. I want to try the latest software wrinkles, and I just have to know what the new hardware feels like in my hand. And usually, I’m willing to give Google a lot of grace, because I almost always want to find a reason to like its latest updates.
For once, though, I feel like Google has taken the idea of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” just a little too far. Google had a perfect window to grace its book-style foldable with the right mix of updates, leapfrogging the Galaxy Z Fold 7… but it didn’t. Instead, it’s given the Pixel 10 Pro Fold the bare minimum, and I just can’t get excited about it.