Google's Pixel 11 AI Can Order Groceries and Book Tables, But Is It Useful?
The A.I. In Google's New Pixel 11 Is Not Helpful
Google's new Pixel 11 phones are packed with AI features, from Gemini-controlled apps that can order groceries and book restaurant tables to a camera mode called Magic Capture that takes and curates photos for you. But do these features actually help? The Times' lead consumer tech writer Brian X. Chen tests the phone to see which AI additions are genuinely useful and which are just gimmicks.
The phone’s artificial intelligence can order groceries, book tables and take photos on a user’s behalf. But is it something people really want?
- dgellow
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
- 650
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
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.
- fsh
I'm glad that my 9a has little enough RAM to be spared the worst of Google's on-device LLM features.
- auntienomen
There are days when I suspect Google does not believe in doing user research.