I love taking photos, and for the past 10 or so years, my phone has been my main camera. While my trusty Olympus sits at home, waiting for a short-lived task like shooting sexy snaps for my Android Authority articles, my Pixel 8 Pro and then Pixel 9 Pro XL have traveled with me to Barcelona, Lisbon, Tirana, London, Antwerp, Bastia, Dubai, and many more cities. They’ve been on adventures, to concerts and cathedrals, to restaurants and museums, and much more.
Sifting through the 5000+ photos I took with my Pixel phones in 2024 to pick only 24 favorites hasn’t been an easy end-of-year task. But despite the sheer number of snaps I’ve taken this year, there were a few that I just knew I absolutely loved. This exercise hasn’t been easy; photos are very personal, and what may appear as “pixel-perfect” to me may not be as amazing to you. I think, though, that I managed to find a good balance between what I really like and what is objectively a nice photo, regardless of context.