The Pixel 11 Pro's best feature is broken; Google already has the tools to fix it
HiLight is wasted potential
Google has released its Pixel 11 Pro, which features a notification light called HiLight. According to Android Police, HiLight is a more interesting take on the traditional flashing LEDs found in phones like the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.
The release of the Pixel 11 Pro was mentioned in TechRadar's weekly tech news roundup, alongside other stories such as a review of Garmin's Fenix Pro 8 smartwatch and Spotify's labelling of AI-generated music.
No further details about the Pixel 11 Pro or HiLight were provided in the reports.
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- Google Pixel 11 series hands-on: few design changes, a HiLight status light on the rear camera bar, new colors, and small camera and performance improvements (Max Buondonno/The Shortcut) theshortcut.com
- Google's Pixel 11 introduces Camera Looks, a total rethink of how the camera captures and styles an image, as users seek "more authentic or traditional" photos (David Imel/The Verge) theverge.com
- Google DeepMind launches SL2T, a multilingual sign-language-to-text model debuting on the Pixel 11 in Gboard and Live Transcribe, first for ASL to English text (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE) siliconangle.com
- Google says the Pixel Buds Pro 2 will get new features, including dynamic ANC and sleep sync, via a software update in September, and adds a new Olive color (Will Sattelberg/9to5Google) 9to5google.com
- Preorder a Google Pixel 11 Smartphone and Get Up to $350 in Amazon Gift Cards ign.com
- Google says the Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL are its most durable Pixel phones yet, using spacecraft-grade aluminum frames and a twice as scratch-resistant coating (Mariella Moon/Engadget) engadget.com
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