Google Pixel 11 Hands-On: Thinner Camera Bar, Mixed AI Features Mark Google’s Latest Push

Google's got some new Pixel 11 videos for the big release day

TL;DR Google launched the Pixel 11 series last week, opening pre-order on August 12. Today marks the actual beginning of Pixel 11 retail availability. Google’s publishing a series of three new feature-highlight videos to promote the new hardware. August 20 is finally upon us, and that means that Google’s new Pixel 11 smartphones are officially here — no more pre-orders, no more hoping to get your shipment early, just full-blown retail availabil…

Google Pixel 11 Hands-On: Thinner Camera Bar, Mixed AI Features Mark Google’s Latest Push

Google’s Pixel 11 series has arrived. The phones launched on August 12 at the Made by Google event in New York. Availability followed on August 20. Early impressions from those who handled the devices reveal a company doubling down on familiar strengths while testing new hardware flourishes. The results feel uneven. Some changes impress. Others fall flat. The base Pixel 11 sheds noticeable weight and achieves a slimmer profile. Google accomplish…

The Pixel 11 paradox

After a week of using Google’s new Pixel 11 phones, two seemingly at-odds realities are crystal clear in my mind: These are truly fantastic devices that build off the many successes of the previous-gen Pixel 10 models and push the products forward in some subtle-seeming but significant ways. Tech reviewers are gonna have an absolute field day with these things and tear ’em apart for being so similar to their predecessors — despite the fact that…