The Pixel 11 Pro is a great phone, no thanks to its flashiest new features

Google markets the Pixel 11 Pro as a device that nudges users toward less screen time, offering proactive tools such as automatic restaurant reservations, AI-selected video frames, and accelerated voice-to-text transcription. The phone’s hardware remains largely unchanged from the previous generation, with at least one component even downgraded, making the new software capabilities the primary differentiator.