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froztheart said:
Going into Razer territory. :s13:
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LED lights??? My goodness, Google is wasting time implementing useless features, lol. There are more important hardwares they should be upgrading and instead they are adding LED lights?! lol.
 
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An early, limited leak around Google’s upcoming Pixel 11 series offers some limited details around the Tensor G6 chipset inside, with a mix of good news and bad news.

Mystic Leaks today posted an addendum to the recent Pixel 11 Pro Fold wallpaper leak. The animated video variants we mentioned in our coverage are now available through this latest leak, which also reiterates those “Lunar Tides” and “Tidal Swirl” names.

But the comments reveal some far more tantalizing details.

The leaker posted a strategically cut-off image that reveals a couple of key details about the Tensor G6 chipset in the Pixel 11 series.

As far as the GPU goes, Tensor G6 isn’t looking all that much better than Tensor G5, with an Imagination/PowerVR C-Series CXTP-48-1536 GPU. This appeared in some previous leaks, and it’s still an outdated GPU that dates back to 2021. It’s unclear if Google is perhaps using a newer variant, but it’s an outdated setup nonetheless, and one that’s sure to rub enthusiasts the wrong way.

That said, the CPU upgrades look promising.

While the specific core setup is obfuscated, Tensor G6 is apparently using at least one ARM C1 Ultra core at 4.11GHz, four C1-Pro cores at 3.38GHz, and two more C1-Pro cores at 2.65GHz. ARM introduced its C1 cores in the second half of 2025 and they’re also used in MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500 chipset.

Tensor G5 is built on a 1+5+2 setup, using Cortex-X4, Cortex-A725, and Cortex-A520. So, just looking at the CPU cores themselves, Tensor G6 is potentially off to a great start. The C1-Pro cores are more powerful than the A725 cores, and even the lower-clocked cores will provide more power than the A520 (which are comparable to C1-Nano cores that Google is not using). Prior reporting (from before ARM introduced new branding) suggested a 1+6 setup, which would point to Google using just one C1-Ultra core. That report had also mentioned better power efficiency from the GPU.

We’ll have to wait for more details to come in, of course, especially as there’s information in the screenshot that’s redacted. The post does mention the “Cubs,” “Grizzly,” and “Kodiak” codenames of the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, and Pixel 11 Pro XL, respectively.

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According to a Pixel 11 leak, Google’s next flagship smartphone lineup won’t be adopting the new “Project Toscana” face unlock hardware after all.

Fingerprint has been the primary means of biometric unlock on Android phones for some time, but face unlock is the focus on iPhone, and Google has clearly been interested in the tech. 2019’s Pixel 4 series went all-in on IR-powered face unlock, and Google has since added camera-based face unlock on Tensor-powered Pixels that is considered strong enough to be used for actual biometric unlock, rather than an insecure lockscreen bypass as is the case on most other Android phones.

In 2024, we first got word that Google was working to improve on its face unlock, with a new option set to launch on Pixel 11 which would work in the dark – the main shortcoming of the camera-based method. A report from earlier this year detailed “Project Toscana,” a new face unlock upgrade that worked in the dark and was reportedly as fast as iPhone’s Face ID.

Sadly, it sounds like we won’t get this in Google’s next flagship.

A major Pixel 11 series leak posted earlier today by Mystic Leaks claims that Google’s new face unlock hardware won’t be in place for Pixel 11, as it’s “simply still not ready for release.”

It seems like the door might not be fully shut here, but Mystic Leaks has a fairly solid track record. It’s reasonable to assume that Google might be delaying this feature to another generation. Given the tech reportedly involves IR hardware that hides behind the display, it’s not out of the question that Google was planning to debut “Project Toscana” this year, but ran into some unexpected roadblocks. It’s all just speculation at this point, though, as we’ll have to wait and see what happens in the coming months.
 
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