New Delhi: Google’s Pixel 11 has landed in India at Rs. 89,999, and we have finished his review. The short version: it’s a better Pixel 10, but not by a wide margin, and it costs Rs. 10,000 more.
Start with what hasn’t changed, because it’s a lot. The display is the same 6.3-inch Full HD+ OLED at 120Hz, still topping out around 3,000 nits and calls outdoor visibility brilliant, and nobody will argue. But it’s still not an LTPO panel. That feature stays reserved for the Pro models, and in his view, leaving it off a phone approaching 90K feels like an unnecessary compromise. Hard to disagree.
The changes sit mostly underneath. There’s a new Tensor G6 on TSMC’s 3nm process, and a MediaTek M90 modem replaces the Exynos one from last year. That second swap may matter more than it sounds no call drops or data hiccups, and picked up 5G in more spots on Airtel’s network than the Pixel 10 managed.
The camera bar is slimmer, thinner by 40%, according to Google, and the main sensor is a new 48MP unit that Google says gathers 56% more light. The telephoto is now 5x, with digital zoom stretching to 30x, though anything past 5x leans on AI to clean things up. Daylight shots, portraits and low-light all came out well. Fine. Expected, really, for a Pixel.
Charging is the other real step up. Wired is 30W (it peaks at 29W, per Google) and gets to 50% in about 25 minutes. Wireless jumps to 25W Qi2.2, up from 15W. There’s also a new extreme charging mode that pauses background activity like app updates to go faster when you’re under 50%. Handy for a quick top-up, though it’s a trade-off you’d want to know about.
Battery life is fine. More than a day on 120Hz, and close to six hours of screen-on time on one occasion, mostly over Wi-Fi.
Where it stumbles is heat. No vapour chamber here, so long gaming sessions in COD, BGMI or Genshin Impact get warm, and during the 3DMark Wild Life stress test the phone went from 25 to 45 degrees, about what the Pixel 10 did. It scored 78.2% for stability, noticeably better than last year’s phone. Still, this isn’t a gaming phone
Software is the quiet selling point. It ships with Android 17, no bloatware, and seven years of OS updates. Gboard also gets a voice typing feature called Rambler, exclusive to the Pixel 11 series for now, which strips filler words and handles mixed English and Hindi in a single message.
His verdict is fairly clear. If you’re coming from a Pixel 9 or older, this is a rock-solid daily driver. If you care about raw graphics or efficient high refresh rates, look at compact rivals like the Galaxy S26, or grab a discounted Pixel 10 instead.
The 512GB version costs Rs. 1,04,999. Whether Pixel fans will pay that for a modest refresh is the open question.
