Pixel 11 Pro XL review: Snappier cameras can’t hide an iterative upgrade

Pixel 11 Pro XL 评测：更灵敏的相机掩盖不了“挤牙膏”式的升级

If you buy the new Pixel 11 Pro, you might have to proactively tell people that you bought the latest phone, unless they are following each and every launch. The main reason is that the Pixel 11 doesn’t look that different from prior models. The main updates to its aesthetics are its new colors, which are admittedly gorgeous, and the addition of a small glowing light on the back of the phone, which has limited use. 如果你买了新款 Pixel 11 Pro，除非对方一直紧盯着每一场发布会，否则你可能得主动告诉别人你换了最新款手机。主要原因是 Pixel 11 的外观与前代机型差别不大。其外观上的主要更新在于新配色（确实非常漂亮）以及手机背面新增的一个小巧发光灯，但该灯的用途相当有限。

The phone arrives with some new Gemini features, but I’m not sure if AI chops are attracting customers to buy new phones these days. In daily use, what you may notice is that the Pixel 11 Pro’s cameras are snappier, and there are more options for you to customize the way your photos look. Otherwise, the Pixel 11 Pro XL feels like the previous-gen phone had a big Pixel Drop update. I have used the Obsidian Pixel 11 Pro XL for nearly a week, and so far, I can say that despite the relatively iterative updates, the phone is still solid and feels good to use. 这款手机搭载了一些新的 Gemini 功能，但我并不确定如今 AI 能力是否真的能吸引用户购买新机。在日常使用中，你可能会注意到 Pixel 11 Pro 的相机响应更灵敏，且提供了更多自定义照片风格的选项。除此之外，Pixel 11 Pro XL 给人的感觉就像是上一代手机进行了一次大规模的 Pixel Drop 功能更新。我已经使用曜石黑版 Pixel 11 Pro XL 近一周了，到目前为止，我可以肯定地说，尽管升级幅度相对较小，但这款手机依然稳健，手感出色。

Rambler

Rambler 语音工具

Rambler is one of my favorite new features on the Pixel 11 Pro XL. This new, AI-powered dictation tool takes out filler words like “um” and “ah” and formats your speech. The feature directly takes on other dictation apps like Wispr and Willow. The dictation tool also handles switching between languages and noisy environments well. Though it might make its way to some other devices, if you have a Pixel, this is a very cool and useful feature that you could end up using daily, compared with some of the other AI features. Rambler 是我最喜欢的 Pixel 11 Pro XL 新功能之一。这款由 AI 驱动的听写工具可以自动剔除“嗯”、“啊”之类的口头禅，并对你的语音内容进行格式化整理。该功能直接对标 Wispr 和 Willow 等其他听写应用。此外，该工具在处理多语言切换和嘈杂环境时的表现也非常出色。虽然它未来可能会下放到其他设备，但如果你用的是 Pixel，相比其他一些 AI 功能，这绝对是一个你会每天都想用的实用好功能。

For the last year, I have used dictation tools frequently to take quick notes, reply to emails, and messages on devices that I use. Google’s tool is on par with a few of the top tools in the industry, I found. (The tool is so good that I have pretty much rambled my way into writing this section without needing any edits!) 过去一年里，我经常使用听写工具在设备上快速记录笔记、回复邮件和消息。我发现谷歌的这款工具已经达到了行业顶尖水平。（它好用到我几乎是直接“随口一说”就写完了这一段，完全不需要修改！）

Gemini updates

Gemini 更新

I’ve just had the phone for five days, so the Proactive Suggestions feature, designed to surface context-aware suggestions from apps, didn’t yet show up everywhere. I did see it when I conversed with friends over text messages, when they were asking me about my schedule. My only gripe is that I’d want Gemini to know about all my calendars, not just Google’s, and suggest my availability based on that. Suggestions also don’t always show up. For instance, when someone asked for my address, Gemini should have picked that up from my emails, but it didn’t. 我拿到这款手机才五天，所以旨在从应用中提供情境感知建议的“主动建议”（Proactive Suggestions）功能尚未在所有地方生效。我确实在与朋友发短信讨论日程时看到过它的提示。我唯一的不满是，我希望 Gemini 能读取我所有的日历，而不仅仅是谷歌日历，并据此建议我的空闲时间。此外，建议并不总是会出现。例如，当有人问我地址时，Gemini 本应从我的邮件中提取信息，但它并没有做到。

In addition, Gemini offers agentic capabilities that can help you with completing some tasks, such as placing a food order for you. But this feature is available in the U.S., and as I am based in India, I couldn’t test it. The new Live Translate feature is useful for when you are watching a live stream or a video without translated captions. However, you will need to download specific languages. 此外，Gemini 还提供了代理能力（Agentic capabilities），可以帮你完成一些任务，比如代你点外卖。但该功能目前仅在美国可用，由于我身在印度，无法进行测试。新的“实时翻译”（Live Translate）功能在观看没有翻译字幕的直播或视频时非常有用，但你需要先下载特定的语言包。

HiLight is not really a highlight

HiLight 并非亮点

One of Google’s marketing messages this year was about how it designed Pixel to make you look at your screen less. The company has only one feature to show for it called HiLight, an LED notification light on the back of the phone that replaced last year’s temperature sensor. The feature allows you to keep your phone face down, while delivering subtle alerts by way of the light. The light itself looks cool when active as it lights up in green, yellow, pink, purple, or white. 谷歌今年的营销重点之一是其 Pixel 的设计旨在让你减少看屏幕的时间。为此，公司只拿出了一个名为 HiLight 的功能——即手机背面取代了去年温度传感器的 LED 通知灯。该功能允许你将手机正面朝下放置，并通过灯光提供微妙的提醒。灯光亮起时（绿色、黄色、粉色、紫色或白色）看起来确实很酷。

But a big limitation is that it only works when you activate Gemini or get phone calls from your favorite contacts, not texts. The light can also indicate that Gemini is listening or thinking. This may be useful to know that Gemini is processing information after you have asked it to execute a complex task. But besides that, I can only think of a few scenarios when my phone is face down, and I’m not wearing any earbuds to listen for the activation sound, but still need to know if Gemini is active. 但它有一个巨大的局限性：它仅在激活 Gemini 或收到“收藏联系人”的来电时才会亮起，短信则不行。该灯还可以指示 Gemini 是否正在倾听或思考。当你要求 Gemini 执行复杂任务时，通过灯光了解它正在处理信息可能很有用。但除此之外，我很难想到还有什么场景是在手机正面朝下、且我没戴耳机听不到提示音的情况下，还需要知道 Gemini 是否处于活跃状态。

Besides, for favorite callers, you can always set a special ringtone. There may be only a few occasions when your phone is on silent, and if you haven’t set up calls from close people to get through, and you are paying attention to a light on the back of the phone. This feature is ripe for future customization, however, so hopefully it continues to be developed. I would like to one day choose a color for when I get a text or WhatsApp message from my contacts. Plus, if I can assign different colors for different apps, I would know if I need to pick up my phone or if I can tackle that task later. 此外，对于重要来电，你完全可以设置特殊的铃声。手机静音且未设置重要联系人来电提醒，同时你又恰好盯着手机背面灯光的情况，可能少之又少。不过，该功能未来有很大的自定义空间，希望谷歌能继续开发。我希望有一天能为联系人的短信或 WhatsApp 消息设置特定的颜色。如果能为不同应用分配不同颜色，我就能判断是否需要拿起手机，还是可以稍后再处理。

Pixel’s cameras are snappy

Pixel 的相机响应灵敏

Google decided to opt for a larger sensor for both the main and the telephoto sensors compared with the Pixel 10 Pro XL. On paper, this change means cameras can let in more light and, in turn, capture more details. (I didn’t pixel-peep to confirm this). However, thanks to the new processor and software updates, the camera app and capture feel snappy, and you can take photos faster. Google also made Night Sight, its low-light photography mode, faster, which means you don’t have to hold the phone with the subject in focus for as long and can more easily avoid blurry photos. 与 Pixel 10 Pro XL 相比，谷歌决定为 Pixel 11 Pro 的主摄和长焦镜头都换上更大的传感器。从参数上看，这意味着相机能获得更多进光量，从而捕捉更多细节。（我没有通过放大像素来验证这一点）。然而，得益于新的处理器和软件更新，相机应用和拍摄体验感觉非常灵敏，拍照速度更快。谷歌还优化了“夜视”（Night Sight）模式，使其速度更快，这意味着你无需长时间保持手机对焦，也能更轻松地避免照片模糊。

Google’s Pro Res Zoom feature, which uses AI to upscale some parts of the photo when you go above 30x digital zoom on Pro XL, has been improved. 谷歌的 Pro Res Zoom 功能（在 Pro XL 上超过 30 倍数码变焦时，利用 AI 对照片部分区域进行超分辨率增强）也得到了改进。