Google Pixel 11 Pro: Everything we know ahead of Aug. 12 Made By Google event
THE SO WHAT
Pixel 11 Pro is less about another phone and more about Google’s reference design for on-device AI. If you build consumer apps, assume users will expect richer local AI features and design your experiences to degrade gracefully across devices with and without that hardware.
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