The Google Pixel 11 is coming in August 2026 and will largely keep the same design for a third year, with thinner bezels and a slightly adjusted camera bar. It feels like such a Samsung and Apple move to pull, but we’re at a point where that strategy barely raises eyebrows anymore.
Plus, it's not wrong that Google is proud of its design. Even Tecno is copying them with the new Spark 50 5G phone they launched in India recently. Anyway, leaked CAD renders and rumors have surfaced and point to an August release for the Pixel 11, even though Google has not verified the specs yet. Here's what the next Pixel flagship looks like.
Pixel 11 is the Pixel 10 with little changes
The Pixel 11 will supposedly have a 152.8 × 72 × 8.5 mm dimension, which is identical to the Pixel 10. One physical adjustment is that it's thinner, although you'd barely notice it unless you were closely comparing the spec sheets. Specifically, it's 0.1 mm thinner.
However, Google has shrunken the bezels on the display and they're noticeably slimmer than the Pixel 10, which had thicker borders than appreciated on a high-end phone.
The display itself remains a 6.3-inch LTPO AMOLED screen, and would most likely come with a 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+, and brightness that peaks around 3000 nits like its predecessor.
The brand is also moving away from the two-tone camera bar look. Before, the camera bar had a lighter panel holding the flash and matching the overall back design.
The lenses then sit in the darker division of the pill. The new design now has the entire bar as a single black strip. The Pro Fold model leaked last week also has this detail
The camera system will probably retain a triple-lens where the main sensor is 48MP with Optical Image Stabilization. Nothing around the phone suggests room for a larger sensor, plus there's the physical constraints to consider.
Pixel 11 has a better chip and satellite communication support
Pixel 11 will come with the Tensor G6 with a 7-core design, and use a MediaTek M90 modem instead of Samsung’s own Exynos 5400 modem shared between the Pixel 10 and 9 series.
Hopefully, this time, it’s not another recycled rumor, especially with how the MediaTek switch rumor floated before the Pixel 10’s launch.
The newer modem includes hardware-level support for Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) under the 3GPP standard, which should allow it to communicate directly with satellites. The Pixel 10 used the Tensor G5 with a 3-nanometer architecture.
With Tensor, Google has never really pursued raw benchmark numbers. They'd much rather prioritize AI tasks, camera processing, speech, and on-device features.
It's possible that they’re reducing redundancy in CPU cores and reallocating power and thermal management to other parts of the chip. Memory and storage are still 12GB RAM, with 128GB base storage, possibly with a 256GB option, and a 5,000mAh battery. The previous model had a 4,970mAh capacity.
