4 New Camera Tricks on Google’s Latest Pixel 11 Smartphones
"The features that others call ‘meh’—for some people, those features are life-changing."Take the 30X Super Res Zoom on the Pixel 7 Pro from 2022, which uses machine learning to stitch together multiple frames in a digitally zoomed photo to give you a result that’s much sharper than you're used to. Reynolds says that because of this feature, Google now sees people using 30X zoom dramatically more than before.The new Pixel 11 Pro, announced today, can zoom up to 120X, though in addition to the digital stitching, it relies on AI-generated pixels to fill in some details. Reynolds says maybe having that capability is enough to get someone interested in, say, wildlife photography.
- ▪"The features that others call ‘meh’—for some people, those features are life-changing."Take the 30X Super Res Zoom on the Pixel 7 Pro from 2022, which uses machine learning to stitch together multiple frames in a digitally zoomed photo to
- ▪Reynolds says that because of this feature, Google now sees people using 30X zoom dramatically more than before.The new Pixel 11 Pro, announced today, can zoom up to 120X, though in addition to the digital stitching, it relies on AI-generat
- ▪Reynolds says maybe having that capability is enough to get someone interested in, say, wildlife photography.
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Julian ChokkattuGearAug 12, 2026 10:00 AM4 New Camera Tricks on Google’s Latest Pixel 11 SmartphonesFrom Magic Capture and Instant Night Sight to a built-in teleprompter, here’s a look at a few camera features on Google’s new Pixel 11 series.Photograph: Julian ChokkattuCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyGoogle's Pixel Camera chief, Isaac Reynolds, thinks year-to-year upgrades to smartphone cameras are still critical, even though some detractors think they’re passé.“A person who is a casual photographer and desperately wants to be a hobbyist—they're never going to break that ceiling unless you give them the tools," he says.
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