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A new set of Pixel 11 Pro XL CAD renders gives us maybe our best look yet at how this phone is taking shape.
\nThe release follows similar imagery sets for both the Pixel 11 and Pixel 11 Pro.
\nLike those other models, the Pixel 11 Pro XL could introduce a new camera bar design.<\/p>\n
With April now here, this summer\u2019s upcoming smartphone launces feel closer than ever, and we\u2019re already thinking about which models we\u2019re going to be obsessing over the most. Easily one of the biggest highlights each year is Google\u2019s latest crop of Pixel handsets, and if the company sticks with recent tradition, it\u2019s likely we\u2019ll be seeing those debut this August. So far this week, we\u2019ve been getting an early peek at what to expect, first through the publication of some Pixel 11 CAD renders<\/a>, followed by a set showing off the Pixel 11 Pro<\/a>. Today we\u2019re following this path to its next logical destination, with the release of some lovely new Pixel 11 Pro XL renders.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/p>\n Right on schedule, Android Headlines<\/a> is back with its Pixel 11 Pro XL renders. Like the rest we\u2019ve seen, these are what we call \u201cCAD renders.\u201d Instead of the sort of professional, official renders of a device the manufacturer might produce for its marketing materials, the actual images here are third-party, but have been produced based on detailed measurements of phone hardware. If all that data is good, the CAD renders should be quite accurate in terms of shape and size, although specific details and styling often involve guesswork.<\/p>\n Once again, the biggest external change we\u2019re seeing is this new monochromatic look for the phone\u2019s camera bar, dropping the two-tone oval. And just like we saw with the earlier Pixel 11 Pro renders, this phone also appears to be dropping its infrared thermometer<\/a>.<\/p>\n At least, that\u2019s definitely what\u2019s depicted here, although we\u2019re curious just where that info\u2019s coming from, as these details feel like the sort of design elements that we wouldn\u2019t necessarily expect a CAD render in specific to get right. Nonetheless, while there\u2019s some hedging about specific colors, the source behind these renders seems reasonably confident.<\/p>\n The Pixel 11 Pro XL will reportedly measure 162.7 x 76.5 x 8.5mm, which, like the dimensions we just heard for the Pixel 11 Pro, is just ever-so-slightly smaller than last year\u2019s model \u2014 but probably not enough to notice. Fittingly, Google\u2019s expected to keep the same 6.8-inch AMOLED screen as we\u2019ve had.<\/p>\n Are you underwhelmed by the design of the Pixel 11 series?<\/p>\n 64 votes<\/p>\n Yes, this is just the Pixel 10 lineup again.<\/p>\n 22%<\/p>\n Yeah, I appreciate Google finding a look it likes, but this is boring.<\/p>\n 19%<\/p>\n I’m really not that concerned. I care about features and performance.<\/p>\n 38%<\/p>\n No, why fix what’s not broken?<\/p>\n 22%<\/p>\n Beyond that, though, we\u2019re not learning much new about the hardware today. A Tensor G6 chip<\/a> is basically a lock, and while there\u2019s the usual amount of uncertainty surrounding RAM and storage that everyone seems to be going through in 2026, there\u2019s no evidence of any big shake-up here.<\/p>\n In all likelihood, we\u2019re just a few more months away from the Pixel 11 series going official, with Google likely targeting another August launch.<\/p>\n![\"google](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766572210_733_google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/ "\\"google"){kind=icon}
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