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Google reveals 2026 hardware lineup: Pixel 11, Pixel Watch 5, and Pixel Tag
August 12, 2026 Development Source: Ars Technica
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There are some new software camera features, too. Magic Capture takes the guesswork out of when to press the shutter button. When activated, this mode will automatically take a video and a high-quality still photo at the right moment, leveraging the phone’s image processing to crop and remove blur. The Pro phones also lean on the Tensor G6’s enhanced AI processing to power Instant Night Sight. It’s not clear how “instant” it will be, but the gist is that low-light photos will be faster.
The watches run the Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 Accelerated, which is similar to the non-accelerated version from last year’s watches. Google says the new watches are about 20 percent faster, and, unsurprisingly, it’s using that extra speed to do more on-device AI processing.