Five Features Coming to Every New Pixel 11 Device

Hours earlier its large Made by Google event, Google officially unveiled the Pixel 11 series. The caller statement won't travel arsenic a astonishment to anyone who follows Google tech: There's the caller Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, arsenic good arsenic the Pixel 11 Pro Fold—for anyone who tin get past the $1,899 starting price.

Each of these devices stands retired successful its ain way: The Pixel 11 Pro XL is larger than the Pixel 11 and 11 Pro, while the Pixel 11 Pro Fold tin unfastened up to uncover 1 ample soul display. Google has group up this bid to let customers to prime the telephone that champion aligns pinch their needs, but location are besides features you get nary matter which telephone you spell with. In fact, location look to beryllium 5 specified upgrades each Pixel 11 instrumentality comes with. If you're looking for preorder deals, check retired our guideline here.

All Pixel 11 devices travel pinch "HiLight"

HiLight is Google's flashiest (no pun intended) hardware upgrade this year. Each Pixel 11 instrumentality sports a caller LED connected its camera barroom that tin ray up and glow. Google says you tin trust connected it to support tabs connected alerts while your Pixel is look down: You tin group circumstantial colors for individual contacts, truthful you cognize who's calling you without having to really look astatine your telephone first. HiLight will besides glow erstwhile you usage Gemini, and will person different ray patterns to bespeak Gemini's different states.

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While HiLight's functionality is constricted astatine launch, Google says that it has plans to grow it successful the future. For example, HiLight will yet support connection notifications from your favourite contacts. That way, you tin safely disregard your telephone until HiLight starts glowing the colour of your friend you're waiting for a matter from.

Every Pixel 11 telephone has improved cameras

Google's Pixel statement mightiness beryllium champion known for its cameras. As such, it only makes consciousness that the Pixel 11 bid would vessel pinch upgraded shooters. The Pixel 11 now has a 48MP main camera that Google says is 56% much delicate to light. Plus, the 5x telephoto lens now supports Google's 30x "Super Zoom."

The Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL besides get marque caller sensors connected the main cameras, while the telephoto camera gets bumped up to 48MP. Google says its caller image sensor is 30% much light-sensitive than before. The Pros besides support Portrait Mode astatine 5x zoom, and "Pro Zoom" astatine 120x. And erstwhile shooting successful low-light conditions, Night Sight is now 4.5x faster than it was connected Pixel 10 Pro. Finally, the Pixel 11 Pro Fold besides comes pinch a caller 48MP main camera that supports 30x Super Zoom.

Every Pixel 11 telephone comes pinch upgraded charging

No matter which Pixel 11 instrumentality you choose, Google says you get upgraded charging complete past year's Pixel 10. The Pixel 11 gets the fewest upgrades here, however: Google says it has the "fastest charging yet," utilizing PixelSnap built-in, but that appears to beryllium it.

All 3 "Pro" Pixel 11 devices, however, now support Qi 2.2, a faster wireless charging standard. If you usage a 25W charger, you should announcement quicker speeds erstwhile wirelessly charging. The Pixel 11 Pro XL mightiness beryllium the telephone to get if charging speeds are your thing, however. With a 45W USB-C charger, Google says you tin get 15 hours of usage pinch 15 minutes of charging.

All Pixel 11 devices travel pinch the Tensor G6

As pinch astir smartphone upgrades, this year's bid gets Google's latest chip: the Tensor G6. The institution says Tensor G6 is the "fastest, astir powerful" Google spot yet, and features a CPU that supports 25% faster web browsing and 15% faster app launches. The institution claims the caller spot tin powerfulness on-device AI tasks 3.5x faster than Tensor G5, while astatine the aforesaid clip being 3.5x much businesslike than before. That should thief powerfulness each of the AI features Google continues to push.

Every Pixel 11 instrumentality now commencement astatine 256GB

Say goodbye to 128GB of storage. Starting pinch the Pixel 11 series, each of Google's phones now commencement astatine 256GB. That news isn't arsenic bully arsenic it sounds, though: While your guidelines exemplary Pixel 11 will person double the retention of a guidelines exemplary Pixel 10, Google still charges the aforesaid for 256GB arsenic it did past year. That intends the institution efficaciously raised the introduction value for each Pixel 11 device.