Google Pixel 11 Pro XL

The Pixel 11 series once again shows where Google can shine and where the company needs to catch up. The new smartphones are good in many areas, very good in some, and top-class when it comes to AI features. It is hard to imagine how good photos could be with them if the camera were just a touch better and the AI post-processing of the photos were a little less intense.

With the Pixel 11 series, Google proves that progress is not always immediately visible. Without extra milliampere-hours, they all last longer, offer more AI features, and remain among the best camera phones, even though the extreme telephoto lenses do not contribute to the grade...

Google has only very cautiously modernized the Pixel 11 Pro XL. Major technological leaps are absent, and there have not been many changes to the design either. Instead, Google is focusing heavily on software, with AI moving further into the foreground. In terms of the camera, traditionally a strength of Pixel phones, this is where the most changes have tended to occur - but even here, the improvements...