By Ben Khalesi
Publication Date: 2026-04-18 10:00:00
August 2026 is still months away, but the Google Pixel 11 rollout is taking shape.
When the time comes, executives will step onto the stage and spend far too much time talking about AI.
They’ll almost certainly demo some camera tricks and features meant to make the phone feel smarter than it really is. I don’t care.
None of that means much if the phone is dead by 3 p.m. because it spent half the day fighting to keep a signal in a concrete parking garage.
After years of testing Pixel phones, I’ve become pretty good at ignoring the software hype and paying attention to what the phone is actually like to live with.
That’s why this rumor matters. Leaks suggest Google may finally drop Samsung’s modem for the Pixel 11 and switch to MediaTek’s M90 instead.
If that leak holds up, it could be one of the more meaningful hardware upgrades the Pixel line has seen in a while.
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