… It lights up when you’re talking to Gemini and changes colors to represent status. HiLight probably does much the same. This may be what passes for hardware innovation in Google’s latest phones. In 2025, the biggest change was the addition of Qi2 magnets, which Google brands as Pixel Snap. …
Google has revealed its Pixel phone hardware for 2026, and you won’t be surprised. The Pixel 11 series looks a lot like last year’s lineup , featuring an evolution of the design Google adopted with the Pixel 9. …
… The new Pixel 11 series is Google’s most refined yet, featuring sleek designs, smart software, and incredible screens. They’re also rather boring. Google made precious few hardware changes in its 2026 phones, shaving off a fraction of a millimeter here and dropping a gram there. …
… Unfortunately, hardware variation means AirDrop can’t currently be implemented as a universal feature, so it’s still piecemeal. AirDrop support is expanding to the Pixel 8a and 9a in the Pixel Drop. …
… You can expect devices with varying prices and hardware configurations, but you’ll know they’re Googlebooks from the Glowbar on the lid. This illuminated design feature is reminiscent of the bar on some older Google devices like the Pixel C tablet and Chromebook Pixel . …
… Google says the MTP drafter can make Gemma models up to three times faster, but the actual gain varies based on the hardware you use. In Google’s testing, the smaller E2B and E4B Gemma models on Pixel phones can run 2.8x and 3.1 times faster, respectively. …
… Motorola has built a solid piece of hardware. …
… This is one of the biggest selling points for Pixel phones in this age of endless phone spam, and Samsung is finally on board. As on Pixel phones, you have the option of directing a robot to answer a suspicious call. …
… In image diffusion models, a single badly predicted pixel doesn’t make the image useless, but language is discrete. …
… Other world-model approaches, such as Yann LeCun’s JEPA , try to predict the abstract state of a scene rather than generate every future pixel. …