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Google’s latest Pixel 11 series has been making waves since its announcement earlier this month. If you weren’t so savvy about the (stealthy) upgrades — or the new colors — that it brings, you’d probably pass the phones off as the old Pixel 10 series. But if you do make the effort to inquire about the improvements the Pixel 11 brings, you’ll find a few good, handy additions. A few of these include better control over the camera’s tones, the new, enticing Tap-to-Share, real-time translations for podcasts and videos, and more.

One of my favorite inclusions is Android 17’s new Digital Wellbeing feature, called Pause Point. When enabled, it forces you to deliberate whether you truly want to open a possibly distracting app. While it was announced as a core Android 17 feature, Google screwed up big time by limiting it to the Pixel 11 series.