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Oct 28, 2024GP-0001Never settled

Android Authority: Pixel 11 may get IR Face Unlock camera

Google is considering an under-display infrared camera for Pixel 11-series face authentication.

Pixel phones have used a regular color camera for face unlock since the Pixel 7, which only works with enough light. Kamila Wojciechowska reported that Google was considering an under-display infrared camera for the Pixel 11 to make face authentication more secure.

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  1. What was reportedGoogle is considering an under-display infrared camera for Pixel 11-series face authentication.
  2. Who said it, and whenKamila Wojciechowska reported it on Oct 28, 2024 in Android Authority.
  3. What happened, and whenGoogle Pixel was announced on Aug 12, 2026, 653 days after this report. From our product record · source
  4. The verdict, and whyNever settledThe company has announced the product and nobody ever confirmed or denied this.Why: PLAN CHANGED. Google shipped improved Face Unlock across the Pixel 11 family, but the final hardware specs identify no under-display IR camera or IR face-authentication system. The claim was that Google was CONSIDERING one, so a different outcome is not a failure by the source.
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Reported by
Kamila Wojciechowska
We read it in
Android Authority
Product
Google Pixel · reported as “Pixel 11 series”
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The story of this report

  1. Oct 28, 2024Kamila Wojciechowska reported it · Android Authority
  2. Aug 12, 2026Google Pixel was announced · from our product record
  3. VerdictNever settledWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

Who reported it

Kamila Wojciechowska · Journalist

94 reports in the Reporting Record. Of the 53 we have checked, 48 held up. The other 41 are not part of that number: 8 moving target, 27 never settled, 6 not comparable.

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Questions about this report

Did this Google Pixel report turn out to be true?
Never settled. The company has announced the product and nobody ever confirmed or denied this. PLAN CHANGED. Google shipped improved Face Unlock across the Pixel 11 family, but the final hardware specs identify no under-display IR camera or IR face-authentication system. The claim was that Google was CONSIDERING one, so a different outcome is not a failure by the source.
Who reported it first?
Kamila Wojciechowska reported it on Oct 28, 2024 in Android Authority.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 653 days before Google Pixel was announced on Aug 12, 2026.