Google launched five new Pixel devices—Pixel 11 Pro Fold, three Pixel 11-series phones, and Pixel Watch 5—with Gemini Intelligence features. The Pixel 11-series phones start at $899 and the Pro Fold retails for $1,899. The new lineup adds on-device AI functions like faster Tensor G6 model execution, sign-language transcription via SL2T, and Gemini features such as glanceable cards and location-aware retrieval.
Google unveiled the Pixel 11 lineup, Pixel Watch 5, Pixel Buds updates, a new tracking tag called Pixel Tag, and Gemini-powered features at its Made by Google 2026 event. The Pixel 11 starts at $899, a $100 increase over the Pixel 10, with the 128GB option dropped. AI-related capabilities expand across devices, including Live Transcribe support for American Sign Language, plus features like Rambler voice input and more camera-based Circle to Search and Gemini functions.
Google revealed its 2026 Pixel hardware lineup, including the Pixel 11 series, Pixel Watch 5, and Pixel Tag, and opened orders for all of them today.
The Pixel 11 Pro adds an RGB LED notification ring inside the back flash assembly (called HiLight), which lights up when the phone is talking to Gemini.
This means only the Pro models get the notification LED while the base Pixel 11 stays unilluminated, alongside updated watch hardware and the new in-house tracker device.
Google DeepMind launched SL2T, a multilingual sign-language-to-text AI model, to translate sign input into written text on consumer devices. SL2T is being debuted on Pixel 11 and it scored 70 on the FLEURS-ASL benchmark. It will be used in Gboard and Live Transcribe, enable sign-to-text dictation (initially ASL to English), and route pose data via MediaPipe Holistic to reduce the need to upload video.
Google added four Pixel 11 phones (Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and Pixel 11 Pro Fold) to the Pixel lineup with camera upgrades and new features.
A new Tensor G6 chip is included for faster performance.
The upgrade choice shifts because the devices add improved photography tools like Magic Capture, expanded Live Translate, better Gemini Intelligence, and camera access to Circle to Search, making last-year models less compelling.
Google released the Pixel Watch 5, largely keeping the same hardware while adding minor upgrades like a faster Qualcomm processor and a small battery increase. The Pixel Watch 5 starts at $399, up $50 from last year. Most changes are in software, with new AI- and health-focused updates building on Google’s Fitbit Air direction.
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