Google devoted a large part of its hardware conference to Gemini functions: Live Transcribe extended to ASL, dictation tolerant of loose language, Circle to Search from the camera.
Google held its Made by Google conference on August 12, with the Pixel 11 range, the Pixel Watch 5 and a competing AirTag object tracker. Much of the presentation, however, focused on the software functions supported by Gemini.
The most notable novelty is accessibility: Live Transcribe now supports American sign language. Through the Pixel camera, the signs are converted into text, offering an alternative to keyboard input. Google also introduced "Rambler", a voice input mode designed for the way people actually speak — long sentences, hesitations, fill words — rather than for carefully formulated statements. Circle to Search also becomes directly accessible from the camera, to identify an object, translate a text or ask a question about its environment without leaving the viewfinder.
On the hardware side, the Pixel 11 adopts a more than 40% thinner photo bar, entirely made of glass, and increases to 256 GB of basic storage, the 128 GB option disappears. The entry price climbs to $899, 100 more than the Pixel 10, an increase that Google also links to the memory shortage. The Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL, from $1,099, rely on resistance: anti-scratch coating twice as resistant as the previous generation and better resistant to falls.
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