{
  "id": 1972739,
  "title": "Hands-on: Google Pixel 11 series makes small but meaningful improvements",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/hands-on-google-pixel-11-series-makes-small-but-meaningful",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-19T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/tech/google-pixel-11-series-hands-on-impressions"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google's Pixel 11 series debuts at Made by Google event, featuring notable design upgrades and software enhancements. The base model's camera bar is notably thinner, weighing 0.3 oz less without altering its dimensions. The Pixel 11 Pro and XL models retain the same camera bar size as previous iterations. Google's new HiLight feature on Pro models is underwhelming, only notifying users of incoming calls or Gemini activation. Magic Capture, however, stands out as a promising software addition, automatically selecting still frames from videos of moving subjects and cropping or unblurring them without internet connection.",
  "summary": "We're still in the process of testing all the new Pixel 11 smartphones, but our first impressions reveal small but meaningful improvements.",
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  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Review: The Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold finally gives Samsung a real fight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/review-the-google-pixel-11-pro-fold-finally-gives-samsung-a-real-fight",
        "published": "2026-08-19T16:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Police",
        "title": "The Pixel 11 fixes the biggest problem with Google's lost-item network",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/the-pixel-11-fixes-the-biggest-problem-with-googles-lost-item-network",
        "published": "2026-08-19T16:00:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Google Pixel Watch 5 review: Improved GPS is good, gesture controls are great, but the new health features haven't rolled out yet and it is $50 more expensive (Victoria Song/The Verge)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/google-pixel-watch-5-review-improved-gps-is-good-gesture-controls-are",
        "published": "2026-08-19T16:10:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Google Pixel 11 series review: Is the magic fading?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/google-pixel-11-series-review-is-the-magic-fading",
        "published": "2026-08-19T16:11:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Google Pixel 11 Pro review: Magic Capture and the voice-to-text Rambler features are very useful but subpar gaming performance and HiLight is useless (Julian Chokkattu/Wired)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/google-pixel-11-pro-review-magic-capture-and-the-voice-to-text",
        "published": "2026-08-19T16:20:02.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}