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Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n
Similar to the Pixel 11, the biggest design change with the Pro model is the redesigned camera bar, with Google removing the two-tone look from the 10 Pro and replacing it with black glass spanning the entire space. However, there\u2019s another change that\u2019s bound to be more controversial: the removal of the temperature sensor.<\/p>\n
After three generations of Pixel Pro phones featuring a built-in temperature sensor, the Pixel 11 Pro may finally remove it. And while I know the sensor has its fans, I\u2019m happy to see it go away.<\/p>\n
Would you buy a Pixel 11 Pro with no temperature sensor?<\/p>\n
429 votes<\/p>\n
No way! That was such a useful little tool on the Pixel 10 Pro.<\/p>\n
28%<\/p>\n
Yeah, sure. I don’t usually need to know how hot things are.<\/p>\n
72%<\/p>\n
An interesting idea that never stuck the landing<\/p>\n
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Rita El Khoury \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n
When I first got my hands on the Pixel 8 Pro in 2023 \u2014 Google\u2019s first phone with a temperature sensor \u2014 I was excited to use it. The feature sounded so bizarre and so out of left field, and the tech nerd in me was giddy to see what it could do. We\u2019re always asking tech companies to try something new with smartphones, and Google did precisely that with the Pixel 8 Pro\u2019s temperature sensor.<\/p>\n
However, it didn\u2019t take long to realize that the feature left a lot to be desired.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not just that the Pixel 8 Pro\u2019s temperature sensor wasn\u2019t accurate<\/a>, but its whole implementation just felt like an afterthought. The initial app for the sensor was barebones, and using the sensor was often wonky, requiring multiple tries to get a correct scan (at least in my experience).<\/p>\n The addition of body temperature measurements in 2024 was a nice touch, but trying to get those measurements with the cumbersome way Google asked you to move your Pixel around your head was far too easy to mess up. And even if you got the hang of it, there was still the concern of inaccurate readings \u2014 something you don\u2019t want to mess with if you\u2019re trying to diagnose a fever or another medical issue.<\/p>\n Dhruv Bhutani \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n Because of these things, I never found a legitimate use case for it. Sure, I could use my Pixel to take temperature readings of myself and inanimate objects around me, but why would I want to? Google slapped on the temperature sensor without a good reason for why you should care, and I think that sloppy implementation really hurt its chances.<\/p>\n My colleague Rita found a clever use for the Pixel\u2019s temperature sensor<\/a>, checking temperatures in her new house to identify drafty areas and walls. As a new homeowner myself, I\u2019d much sooner buy a $20 temperature gun on Amazon for something that\u2019s easier to use and more accurate.<\/p>\n Google slapped on the temperature sensor without a good reason for why you should care.<\/p>\n The same goes for checking my or my partner\u2019s body temperature when either of us is feeling sick. Despite having the Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro over the last few years, I have never once reached for my phone to take our temperatures. Grabbing the thermometer out of our medicine bag takes all of two seconds, and I trust the readings from that more than my Pixel.<\/p>\n Is this my fault for forgetting the temperature sensor is on my phone? An issue with me not trusting it? Or does the blame rest on Google for not putting in the work to ensure the temperature sensor is so good that there\u2019s no way you could ignore it? I\u2019m inclined to say it\u2019s that last one.<\/p>\n So long and farewell, temperature sensor<\/p>\n I was curious to see what Google would do to evolve the temperature sensor and make it a staple of the Pixel experience, but that never really happened. It stuck around on the Pixel 9 Pro without so much as a mention of it from Google<\/a>. The same happened with the Pixel 10 Pro last year. The temperature sensor was still there, but Google wasn\u2019t in a hurry to talk about it.<\/p>\n Having now seen the Pixel 11 Pro renders with no temperature sensor in sight, it makes sense why Google has been pretending the feature doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t doubt there will be some Pixel fans mourning the loss of the temperature sensor<\/a>, but I won\u2019t be one of them. Maybe there\u2019s a world out there where the feature was more successful and a real reason to buy a Pixel, but the writing has been on the wall for a while that that would never be the case. And I think that\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n Goodbye, temperature sensor, and rest in peace.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/p>\n![\"Pixel](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pixel-8-Pro-vs-Stanley-IR-Thermometer-measuring-coffee-temperature-scaled.jpg\"\/ "\\"Pixel")
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