A new leak has confirmed Google plans to support the Pixel 9 series for a long time. It also shows off some Google AI features such as Add Me and Pixel Screenshot. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Google-Pixel-9-series-confirmed-to-get-7-years-of-software-updates.867813.0.html
Thanks for the one-off case of taking a picture and doing something with it, Google, based on hardware.
Meanwhile, attempt to do even a small subset of things with everyday images and it fails. So is Google expecting us to just recall what Gemini supports and doesn't, based on hardware?
What a mess.