The Google Pixel 9a has a few pretty interesting camera changes this year. First off, the primary sensor has been changed to a 48-megapixel with a 1/2″ sensor size. That means it is smaller and has less resolution than the Pixel 8a.

Google's debuting the new $499 Pixel 9A phone, breaking from the company's history of releasing the lower-cost Pixel A phones closer to the company's I/O conference.

But at that price, it's hard to ignore Google and its Pixel A series, especially now that a new version has just been announced. The new phone adopts the same silicon introduced with last fall's Pixel 9 lineup,