Allison Johnson
The Pixel 9A is “more like a cousin” than a little sibling to the Pixel 9.
That’s according to Soniya Jobanputra, a product management director for the Pixel series. Google’s new blog post highlights some of the behind-the-scenes thinking on the Pixel 9A’s redesign, and there are some interesting tidbits in there about the new camera bar and iris color option, which is apparently inspired by the Pixel 3A’s “purple-ish” hue. Now bring back the contrasting colored power button, you cowards.
Pixel 9a’s 3 big design updates
[blog.google]
