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The A.I. In Google's New Pixel 11 Is Not Helpful

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/technology/personaltech/google-pixel-11-review.html
26•cdrnsf•49m ago

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cmiles8•27m ago
Has anyone been asking for these features? It would appear not.

But hey it let some product manager check the “we got some of that AI” box.

dude250711•17m ago
Google is like Microsoft a year ago. Talk about being late to a trend...
auntienomen•26m ago
There are days when I suspect Google does not believe in doing user research.
breppp•21m ago
It's just a rehash of the good Google+ days. This time instead of get your money for stamping social on everything, it's AI
650•24m ago
Google is entrenched with career opportunists who are self serving, and are, excuse the lack of a better word, shitting out work to move stupid KPIs and continue the bureaucracy. A bloated Product org that advocates that something must be done, and is not focused.
whatsThisBtn4•22m ago
Not sure if I have a 10 or 11 but I disagree.

Although I think these features were in whatever pixel I had before.

Adding events to calendar is my most common use case.

I also have AI look at the screen and do stuff. My biggest complaint here, it doesn't go far enough. If I take a picture of contact info, I want it to be added, I don't want to go through the extra step of downloading a contact card.

I really want an OpenClaw-like AI for my phone.

neaden•16m ago
I have a 10 and find the AI to be more annoying than anything else. Mostly I see it when I accidentally hit something and it pops up since they want it to be quick to access but I essentially never want to use it. The fact that they are going to be replacing the perfectly fine Google Assistant with the Gemini which when I tried it out was so much worse at doing the simple things I actually use it for has me regretting buying a Pixel.
fsh•22m ago
I'm glad that my 9a has little enough RAM to be spared the worst of Google's on-device LLM features.
mullenba•13m ago
Unserviceable phones + features people don't want = Endless price increases and shareholder value!
dgellow•5m ago
Apple complete failure early on with Apple Intelligence was really the best business move ever. I’m so, so glad my device has no agentic stuff.

They learned their mistake, didn’t double down, let the others spend their money and energy trying to figure out what that whole AI thing is about. Just a perfect timing

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