Google unveils Pixel 11 lineup, new AirTag rival, and Gemini features at Made by Google 2026

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Google held its Made by Google 2026 lawsuit on Wednesday, unveiling the Pixel 11 series, the Pixel Watch 5, and adjacent a rival to Apple’s AirTag. The tech elephantine besides utilized the lawsuit to amusement disconnected caller Gemini-powered features crossed its devices.

Gemini gets much utile connected Pixel

Google spent a bully information of the lawsuit talking astir Gemini and different AI features coming to its devices.

One of the much notable accessibility updates is an enlargement of “Live Transcribe” to enactment American Sign Language. Using the Pixel Camera, users tin person motion connection translated into text, giving radical different mode to pass without relying connected typing.

Google besides introduced “Rambler,” a caller voice-input diagnostic designed to amended recognize the mode radical really talk. Rather than requiring cautiously phrased sentences, Rambler is designed to grip run-on sentences, filler words, and little structured code portion inactive figuring retired what the idiosyncratic is trying to say.

There are a fewer smaller additions, too. “Circle to Search” tin present beryllium accessed much straight from the Pixel Camera, allowing users to place objects, hunt for things successful the distance, construe text, oregon inquire questions astir what’s astir them without leaving the camera experience.

Pixel 11

The modular Pixel 11 gets a redesigned camera barroom that is thinner than the 1 connected the erstwhile generation. Google says the caller camera barroom is much than 40% thinner and present uses an all-glass aboveground that stretches crossed the width of the phone. Google is besides expanding the basal retention to 256GB, doubling the erstwhile starting capacity.

The starting terms for the caller exemplary is acceptable astatine $899, reflecting a $100 summation compared to the Pixel 10. This terms hike comes with the determination to driblet the 128GB retention option. Plus, the ongoing RAM proviso shortage plays a portion successful this increase.

The Pixel 11 volition beryllium disposable successful Frost, Hibiscus, Pistachio, and Obsidian.

Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL

Google is making durability a bigger portion of the Pro lineup. The institution says the Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL person improved driblet absorption and a caller anti-scratch show coating that provides much than doubly the scratch absorption of the Pixel 10 Pro models.

The Pixel 11 Pro starts astatine $1,099, compared to $999 for the Pixel 10 Pro.

The phones are disposable successful Canyon, Fog, Olive, and Obsidian. Notably, this year’s Obsidian enactment gets an all-matte finish.

Pixel 11 Pro Fold

Google says the caller foldable is astir 10% lighter and astir 1mm thinner than the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. It besides has slimmer bezels, a 48-megapixel main camera, and 30x Super Zoom.

The institution is besides gathering connected the IP68 h2o and particulate absorption introduced with the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. The Pixel 11 Pro Fold uses a glass-fiber composite backmost screen designed to amended withstand cracking, portion a redesigned hinge offers further extortion for the interior display. Google says the changes marque the exemplary 3 times much durable than its predecessor.

The Pixel 11 Pro Fold comes successful Olive and Obsidian.

Google takes purpose astatine Apple’s AirTag

Google yet has its ain tracking tag. Called Pixel Tag, the tiny instrumentality is designed to assistance radical support tabs connected things specified arsenic keys, wallets and luggage. It connects to Android’s Find Hub network, allowing users to spot the tag’s determination done the Find Hub app (similar to Apple’s Find My).

The tag, priced astatine $29 (or $99 for a four-pack), tin besides beryllium located from a Pixel Watch. Pixel Buds users tin inquire Gemini to find oregon ringing a Pixel Tag, adding a voice-controlled enactment for tracking thing down.

Pixel Watch 5

The Pixel Watch 5 is getting respective health-related updates. The Google Health app volition supply monthly summaries of humor unit trends, with the extremity of helping users announcement patterns implicit time. It volition besides supply monthly summaries of insulin absorption trends.

The 41mm Pixel Watch 5 starts astatine $399, portion the 45mm mentation starts astatine $429. Google is besides offering a Stephen Curry variation for $579, with an exclusive plan built for workouts. (This is featured successful the representation above.)

Meanwhile, the Pixel Buds Pro is arriving successful a caller Olive color.