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Android wallpaper sizes: Pixel and Galaxy, model by model

There is no single “Android wallpaper size” — and this page won't pretend there is one. What it has instead: exact native panel pixels for recent Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy models, each cross-checked against two independent published sources on the date printed beside it, each linking the wallpaper maker pre-set to that device — and a straight account of why launchers crop, pan, and zoom wallpapers differently from one phone to the next.

Models16 Makers2 Resolutions6 Years2023–2025 Verified2026-08-08
Google Pixel wallpaper sizes — native pixels (portrait), aspect ratio, and release date. Each row cross-checked against two independent published sources on 2026-08-08.
Model Native pixels Aspect (h÷w) Released Verified Wallpaper preset
Pixel 8 1080×2400 2.2222 2023-10 2026-08-08 Make one at 1080×2400
Pixel 8 Pro 1344×2992 2.2262 2023-10 2026-08-08 Make one at 1344×2992
Pixel 9 1080×2424 2.2444 2024-08 2026-08-08 Make one at 1080×2424
Pixel 9 Pro 1280×2856 2.2313 2024-08 2026-08-08 Make one at 1280×2856
Pixel 9 Pro XL 1344×2992 2.2262 2024-08 2026-08-08 Make one at 1344×2992
Pixel 10 1080×2424 2.2444 2025-08 2026-08-08 Make one at 1080×2424
Pixel 10 Pro 1280×2856 2.2313 2025-08 2026-08-08 Make one at 1280×2856
Pixel 10 Pro XL 1344×2992 2.2262 2025-08 2026-08-08 Make one at 1344×2992
Samsung Galaxy wallpaper sizes — native pixels (portrait), aspect ratio, and release date. Each row cross-checked against two independent published sources on 2026-08-08.
Model Native pixels Aspect (h÷w) Released Verified Wallpaper preset
Galaxy S24 1080×2340 2.1667 2024-01 2026-08-08 Make one at 1080×2340
Galaxy S24+ 1440×3120 2.1667 2024-01 2026-08-08 Make one at 1440×3120
Galaxy S24 Ultra 1440×3120 2.1667 2024-01 2026-08-08 Make one at 1440×3120
Galaxy S25 1080×2340 2.1667 2025-02 2026-08-08 Make one at 1080×2340
Galaxy S25+ 1440×3120 2.1667 2025-02 2026-08-08 Make one at 1440×3120
Galaxy S25 Ultra 1440×3120 2.1667 2025-02 2026-08-08 Make one at 1440×3120
Galaxy A56 1080×2340 2.1667 2025-03 2026-08-08 Make one at 1080×2340
Galaxy S25 Edge 1440×3120 2.1667 2025-05 2026-08-08 Make one at 1440×3120

Launchers, cropping, and per-maker behavior

On Android the image file is only half the story. The launcher — the app that draws your home screens — decides how a wallpaper is displayed, and launchers disagree: some hold the image fixed, some pan it as you swipe between pages, some apply a subtle zoom for scrolling effects, and most offer a crop step while setting the wallpaper that quietly discards edges. The same file can look different on two phones with identical panels, purely because their launchers differ.

Maker behavior differs too. Pixel phones and Galaxy phones ship different launchers with different wallpaper pipelines, and third-party launchers replace the behavior wholesale. None of this is fixable from inside an image file — what an exact-size wallpaper buys you is the strongest starting position: nothing needs rescaling to fill the screen, so any cropping or motion left is a launcher setting you can find and turn off, not damage baked into the file.

The chart above covers 16 models across the two makers, spanning 6 distinct resolutions — a spread worth noticing, because it is the concrete version of the fragmentation this page keeps warning about. When two rows show identical pixels — as several Galaxy flagships do — one export genuinely serves both models.

How this chart is made

This chart is not typed by hand. It is generated from the same in-code device table that drives the wallpaper maker's device picker, by a build tool that renders the rows, the readout, and every pixel value in the copy from that single source — so the chart you read and the size the maker exports cannot disagree. When the table changes, the page is regenerated; a stale chart fails the site's build rather than shipping.

The table itself is compiled by hand and verified deliberately: every entry was cross-checked against two independent published sources — the manufacturers' specification pages and independent specification databases — and each row prints the day its own check was done, because the rows were not all checked together and a single date across all of them would be a claim about rows it isn't true of. A row's date changes only when that row is re-checked. Values arrive as code commits, never from a live feed, which is slower but means a wrong number can be traced to a reviewable change.

The honest limits: Android is far bigger than two makers, and this chart deliberately lists only the recent Pixel and Galaxy lines the verification pass actually covered — the maker's custom size option serves everything else, at identical render quality. Release dates are announcement months, not regional availability. And no chart governs launcher behavior: cropping, panning, and zoom are properties of the phone's software, which the explainer above describes as honestly as a size chart can.

Frequently asked questions

What size should an Android wallpaper be?
Your model's native panel pixels, in portrait — the second column of its row. A Pixel 8 is 1080×2400; a Galaxy S24+ is 1440×3120. Unlike iPhones, there is no single answer that covers Android — resolutions differ by maker and by tier — which is exactly why this chart lists models individually and links each one to a maker preset.
Why is there no single Android wallpaper size?
Because Android is many manufacturers making many panels. Even within this chart, flagship and mid-range models from the same maker differ, and the two makers listed don't share a resolution ladder. The honest rule is: look up your exact model, use its native pixels, and treat any chart that gives one universal Android size as rounding away real differences.
Why does my launcher crop, zoom, or move the wallpaper?
Launchers — the home-screen apps — each have their own wallpaper behavior. Some pan the image as you swipe between home screens, some zoom slightly for scrolling effects, and some crop to fill during the set-wallpaper step. That behavior lives in the launcher's settings, not in the image file: an exact-size wallpaper gives the launcher no reason to rescale, but whether it pans or holds still is the launcher's decision, and it varies by maker and by launcher app.
My phone isn't listed — how do I find its wallpaper size?
Check the display section of your model's specification page (search the model name plus “display resolution”), which lists the panel's pixel dimensions — then use the maker's custom size option (240–4096 px per side) to export at exactly that. This chart lists recent Pixel and Galaxy lines because those are the models the table's two-source verification pass covered; a chart row nobody verified would be worse than no row.
Does the display resolution setting on some phones change what size I should use?
No. Some phones with QHD+ panels offer a battery-saving display mode that renders at a lower resolution, but the panel's native pixels don't change — a wallpaper at full native size displays correctly in either mode, scaled by the phone itself when needed. Exporting at the native panel size in the chart is the choice that stays correct whatever the setting says.

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