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May 4, 2026GP-0043Never settled

Mystic Leaks: Pixel 11 Pro XL to get new camera hardware

Camera hardware includes a new main camera (bastet/vesta) and new telephoto camera (barghest/chonky).

Leaker Mystic Leaks reported new Pixel 11 Pro XL main camera hardware, codenamed bastet and vesta, and new telephoto hardware, codenamed barghest and chonky.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedCamera hardware includes a new main camera (bastet/vesta) and new telephoto camera (barghest/chonky).
  2. Who said it, and whenMystic Leaks reported it on May 4, 2026 in Telegram.
  3. What happened, and whenGoogle Pixel 11 Pro XL was announced on Aug 12, 2026, 100 days after this report.
  4. The verdict, and whyNever settledThe company has announced the product and nobody ever confirmed or denied this.Why: Google never addressed this in full. A new main sensor and redesigned 48 MP telephoto shipped on Pro/Pro XL, but not the bastet/vesta/barghest/chonky identifiers.
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Product
Google Pixel 11 Pro XL · reported as “Pixel 11 Pro XL”
Read it at Telegram

The story of this report

  1. May 4, 2026Mystic Leaks reported it · Telegram
  2. Aug 12, 2026Google Pixel 11 Pro XL was announced
  3. VerdictNever settledWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

Who reported it

Mystic Leaks · Leaker

79 reports in the Reporting Record. Of the 56 we have checked, 50 held up. The other 23 are not part of that number: 17 never settled, 4 not comparable, 2 no outcome yet.

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What we know now

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Questions about this report

Did this Google Pixel 11 Pro XL report turn out to be true?
Never settled. The company has announced the product and nobody ever confirmed or denied this. Google never addressed this in full. A new main sensor and redesigned 48 MP telephoto shipped on Pro/Pro XL, but not the bastet/vesta/barghest/chonky identifiers.
Who reported it first?
Mystic Leaks reported it on May 4, 2026 in Telegram.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 100 days before Google Pixel 11 Pro XL was announced on Aug 12, 2026.