Google Pixel 10 and 11 leak reveals new AI tools and a big camera update
Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge
Google’s upcoming Pixel phones could come with an upgraded Tensor chip that powers several new AI features, according to leaked documents seen by Android Authority. One feature reportedly coming to the Pixel 11 includes a more advanced, on-device version of the Pixel’s Video Boost with Night Sight feature that brightens up videos shot in the dark.
The Pixel’s existing low-light feature uses AI to automatically adjust the exposure of your video, stabilize it, and reduce graininess. My colleague Allison Johnson got to try it out on the Pixel 8 Pro and found that it works pretty well. To brighten up videos on the Pixel 9, Google uses a combination of on-device and cloud-based processing.
The Pixel 11’s rumored “Ultra Low Light video” feature could change this thanks to the more advanced Tensor chip it’s supposed to come with. Reports suggest that Google will start putting a custom processor into Pixel phones next year, rather than the modified Samsung Exynos chipset it’s been using.
Google is expected to add an upgraded Tensor G5 to the Pixel 10, which will reportedly power a “Video Generative ML” feature that could offer AI-powered video editing in the Photos app. Google is also working on a “Sketch-to-Image” capability for the Pixel 10 that could use AI to turn drawings into images, similar to Samsung’s image-generating AI tool, Android Authority reports. There’s a “Speak-to-Tweak” editing tool and something called “Magic Mirror” as well, but details about these features are still slim.
As noted by Android Authority, the Pixel 10’s Tensor G5 chip may be able to run Stable Diffusion locally. This could potentially allow users to use it within its AI image generation app Pixel Studio, which currently uses on-device AI and Google’s cloud-based Imagen 3 model. Some other information uncovered in the leak suggests that the Pixel 10 will support recording video in 4K HDR at 60 frames per second. The Pixel 9 currently supports 4K HDR video at up to 30 frames per second.
There’s still plenty of time for these rumored plans to change, as the Pixel 10 isn’t expected until the second half of next year, and the Pixel 11 likely won’t arrive until 2026.
Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge
Google’s upcoming Pixel phones could come with an upgraded Tensor chip that powers several new AI features, according to leaked documents seen by Android Authority. One feature reportedly coming to the Pixel 11 includes a more advanced, on-device version of the Pixel’s Video Boost with Night Sight feature that brightens up videos shot in the dark.
The Pixel’s existing low-light feature uses AI to automatically adjust the exposure of your video, stabilize it, and reduce graininess. My colleague Allison Johnson got to try it out on the Pixel 8 Pro and found that it works pretty well. To brighten up videos on the Pixel 9, Google uses a combination of on-device and cloud-based processing.
The Pixel 11’s rumored “Ultra Low Light video” feature could change this thanks to the more advanced Tensor chip it’s supposed to come with. Reports suggest that Google will start putting a custom processor into Pixel phones next year, rather than the modified Samsung Exynos chipset it’s been using.
Google is expected to add an upgraded Tensor G5 to the Pixel 10, which will reportedly power a “Video Generative ML” feature that could offer AI-powered video editing in the Photos app. Google is also working on a “Sketch-to-Image” capability for the Pixel 10 that could use AI to turn drawings into images, similar to Samsung’s image-generating AI tool, Android Authority reports. There’s a “Speak-to-Tweak” editing tool and something called “Magic Mirror” as well, but details about these features are still slim.
As noted by Android Authority, the Pixel 10’s Tensor G5 chip may be able to run Stable Diffusion locally. This could potentially allow users to use it within its AI image generation app Pixel Studio, which currently uses on-device AI and Google’s cloud-based Imagen 3 model. Some other information uncovered in the leak suggests that the Pixel 10 will support recording video in 4K HDR at 60 frames per second. The Pixel 9 currently supports 4K HDR video at up to 30 frames per second.
There’s still plenty of time for these rumored plans to change, as the Pixel 10 isn’t expected until the second half of next year, and the Pixel 11 likely won’t arrive until 2026.