What you need to know
- With the Pixel 11 launch upon us, Google highlights a plethora of features, such as Gemini’s Rambler for voice input, cutting out filler words, and “multi-step task” action.
- Gemini will also produce useful information as it happens, so if you’re talking to a friend about a trip, the AI would offer flight details and more.
- The Pixel camera plays a major role, providing even quicker Instant Night Sight and “Camera Look,” which lets users choose the ideal aesthetic for every photo they take.
The Pixel 11 series is finally here, and Google is highlighting a handful of features that tie its eventful debut together.
As you might expect, Gemini is taking center stage on Google’s Pixel 11 series. The company highlights several updates for the phones that bring “personalized updates” with everyday tasks. Gemini Intelligence is taking a step forward on the Pixel 11 with the capability to handle “multi-step tasks” across “your favorite apps.” Since Gemini Intelligence is expanding to over 40 apps with the Pixel 11, the company foresees even more usefulness from this personalized feature.
Rambler, Gemini’s voice input feature, is included in this. Rambler can remove filler words from your speech, such as “um” or “ah.” What’s new with Rambler joins a set of updates for Gboard on the Pixel 11. Sign-to-text is the app’s next major feature that lets users who rely on sign language uniquely send messages. Google states that it’s bringing its SL2T (sign-language-to-text) AI technology to empower Live Transcription on the Pixel 11, beginning with American Sign Language (ASL).
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It adds SL2T “enables Deaf users to sign to their phone anywhere they’d normally type. You can sign to search the web, draft messages or documents, and ask Gemini to solve queries or execute tasks.” This feature will leverage your Pixel camera to convert ASL into regular text for messaging, searches, and more. Google says it trained its AI for over 100,000 hours in over 50 languages for sign language. ASL reportedly makes up “roughly a quarter of the data in ASL.” Google is working to expand this to even more languages and generation capabilities.
On a helpful note, Google says Gemini can “offer timely, helpful information through easily glanceable cards in the apps you’re already using.” It states that, if you’re talking about a trip with a friend, Gemini might produce a card on your screen with booking details, stating whether your flight is on time or delayed. More suggestions based on the conversations you’re having will be a constant for Gemini, whether you’re chatting about a trip or about dinner.
Google teases one more thing: location-based insights. This is only launching in preview for now in the Gemini app. Google states that you might see insights about a restaurant you’re at. If so, on your lock screen, Gemini would push menu items or where people commonly sit.
So much for this camera
You can’t forget the Pixel 11’s camera. The phones boast a series of camera-focused updates that should help users, such as “Camera Looks.” Users can set how their pictures look by default, choosing among Natural, Shadows, and Vanilla (golden-glow aesthetic). If you’re looking for “Natural,” Google says you’ll find more relaxed details, while “Shadows” offers deeper contrast. The options don’t end there, as the Pixel 11 offers even more camera aesthetics: Digi, Black Tie, Minimal, Editorial, Classic, and Velvet.
You should always try to have enough light when you’re taking pictures, but for moments when you don’t, that’s where the Pixel 11’s Low-Light capabilities come into play. Instant Night Sight on the Pixel 11 Pro and 11 Pro XL is ~4.5 times faster. Elsewhere, the Creator Suite has been enhanced to help content creators quickly find tools in the camera’s viewfinder. Users can then save their content (i.e., captured videos) to video project folders for safekeeping.
Then, we have Magic Capture. Google says this feature is designed for those “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it baby smiles, playful pets, or hard-to-get action shots.” Magic Capture leans on the phone’s on-device intelligence and Gemini to capture 400 frames or “high-quality” 12MP photos that are ready to share. What’s more, it will also provide a video for users.
Circle to Search is also headed to the Pixel camera, and real-time audio and video translations arrive for Live Translate.