Google is pushing the Pixel 11 Pro further into AI territory, with Gemini Intelligence designed to do more than answer questions.
That means the Pixel 11 Pro is being positioned as something closer to a personal assistant than a conventional smartphone. For example, Gemini Intelligence can help find a suitable dinner location or surface your calendar availability when someone asks if you’re free.
It also gets more useful when you’re actually communicating with people. New voice-to-text tools can automatically strip out filler words such as “um” and format what you’ve said into cleaner, more polished text. There’s also writing assistance that understands what’s on your screen and can adapt its suggestions to your writing style, allowing you to draft, rewrite or refine messages.
For deaf and hard-of-hearing users, Google is introducing sign-to-text communication through the Pixel Camera. The phone can recognise sign language and translate it into text, with the feature integrated directly into Gboard.
The AI push doesn’t stop at messages and everyday organisation. Live Translate can now translate videos, podcasts and voice messages into select languages as you watch or listen.
Google is also making Circle to Search more useful through the camera. You can access it directly from the Pixel Camera to identify objects, search for things further away, translate text or get answers about what’s around you. Importantly, you can do this without first switching apps or taking a photo.
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Moreover, the Pixel 11 series is also getting Magic Capture, a new camera mode designed to reduce the need to perfectly time a shutter press. Instead, it’s intended to help you stay focused on what’s happening rather than staring at the viewfinder, with highlighted clips and photos available after capture.
The sheer breadth of these features is arguably more interesting than any single AI trick. Google is trying to make Gemini part of the way the phone handles communication, searching, translation, photography and everyday organisation.
The Pixel 11 Pro is still a serious flagship
Of course, there’s more to the Pixel 11 Pro than Gemini. The phone gets Google’s new Tensor G6 chip, which has a 25% faster CPU for web browsing and 15% quicker app launches. It also has 50% more TPU compute, enabling on-device Gemini Nano tasks to run up to 3.5 times faster while using up to 3.5 times less energy.
The Pro also has a 3,600-nit Super Actua display, which is 9% brighter than before and has more than twice the scratch resistance of the previous generation. In addition, the entire Pixel 11 range carries an IP68 rating for water and dust resistance.
Photography gets a sizeable upgrade, too. The Pixel 11 Pro has a new main 1/1.3-inch 50MP camera sensor, and the 48-megapixel 5x telephoto camera gets 30% more light sensitivity and up to 120x Pro Zoom. The Tensor smarts also mean Night Sight can capture low-light images up to 4.5 times faster than before.
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There’s also the new HiLight system on the Pro models, using coloured LEDs around the camera flash to provide glanceable notifications when the phone is face down. It can show different patterns when Gemini is listening, thinking or responding, and incoming calls can be assigned custom colours.
The Pixel 11 Pro starts at £/$1,099 and is available to pre-order now, with retail availability from 20 August. Buyers also get six months of Google AI Pro at no extra cost, including expanded Gemini usage, 5TB of cloud storage and Google Health Premium.
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