Google Pixel 10 Pro | With 100x Zoom

#Pixel10 Pro brings Google’s most advanced AI to a phone. And to a photo. With 100x Zoom, Pixel uses AI to enhance distant shots with unbelievable clarity. So even if that breathtaking view you were promised turns out to be miles away, now you can zoom your way to a photo that makes it look like you were right there.

Using extreme zoom capabilities, like the 100x Zoom featured on the Pixel 10 Pro, can significantly enhance your holiday photography by allowing you to capture details that are physically unreachable (0:01–0:08). This technology is particularly useful for:

Capturing Distant Landmarks: Easily zoom in on far-away architectural details, mountain peaks, or breathtaking views that might otherwise look tiny or indistinguishable in a wide shot.
Wildlife Photography: Safely photograph animals from a distance without disturbing them or needing heavy professional gear.
Creative Perspectives: Isolate subjects in crowded environments or distant scenes, such as performers on a stage or specific points of interest in a landscape.

While traditional high-zoom lenses offer physical versatility for changing compositions on the fly, smartphone-based extreme zoom leverages advanced AI to enhance the clarity of distant shots, making it look like you were standing much closer to the subject than you actually were.

Pixel 10 Pro 100x zoom: Impressive tech with creepy potential

The Google Pixel 10 Pro features a powerful 100x AI “ProRes Zoom,” powered by its 48 MP periscope telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom. By pairing hardware with the Tensor G5 chip and generative AI, the phone generates realistic details for highly detailed landscape and architectural shots. [1, 2, 3, 4]

How the 100x Zoom Works

The Hardware: The Pixel 10 Pro uses a 48 MP telephoto sensor that provides 5x optical zoom natively.
Super Res Zoom: Between 10x and 20x, the phone uses Google’s classic Super Res Zoom to combine multiple frames into a higher-quality crop.
ProRes Zoom (AI Enhancement): For zoom levels between 20x and 100x, the phone relies on the Tensor G5’s AI and generative models. When you snap a 100x photo, you may need to wait a few seconds while the processing applies, after which the AI recreates and sharpens details—yielding a surprisingly usable image of distant buildings or landscapes.
Limitations: The AI-enhanced zoom features are optimized for landscapes, buildings, and static objects; Google designed the feature to not work on human faces. [2, 12]

Tips for Best Results

If you are trying to capture the best possible 100x shot, you can manually toggle the resolution to ensure the AI has the right data to work with:

Adjust Resolution: Within the Pro tab of the Camera app settings, check your resolution settings. The 100x AI functionality is primarily optimized to work with 12-megapixel images.
Hold Steady: While the computational photography is incredible, hardware can only do so much from afar. Using a tripod or resting the phone on a solid, stationary surface when utilizing 100x zoom will significantly reduce motion blur.
Save Originals: The processing automatically saves both the base, un-zoomed (or low-zoomed) version and the heavily processed 100x image.