Google says Pixel 11's MediaTek modem is better in these ways

The Pixel 11 collection brings Google’s up to date Tensor G6 chipset that, whereas not fairly as huge of an improve as we anticipated, nonetheless brings an enormous new change in a MediaTek-made modem that Google has some claims about.

You’ll be able to choose from any variety of mostly-valid complaints round Google’s Tensor processors, however one of the crucial evident flaws through the years has been the modem. Within the early days the place Tensor was nonetheless based mostly extra on Samsung’s Exynos chips, the primary couple of generations of Tensor have been an absolute mess with regard to network performance. Google made marked improvements in subsequent generations, largely ironing out the scenario by the point of Pixel 8 and Tensor G3.

Final yr’s Tensor G5 was Google’s first entirely self-developed and TSMC-made chip, nevertheless it nonetheless relied on a Samsung modem.

This yr, Tensor G6 adjustments issues up.

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The modem discovered within the Pixel 11 collection and Tensor G6 is from MediaTek, as was rumored for months forward of launch. FCC listings and the baseband current on these new units affirm the change on Google’s half, and it’s been a long-awaited one. We’ll be this in our evaluations of the Pixel 11 collection, however Google is making some direct claims across the modem. On the Google Store, the corporate says:

The all-new modem is dependable, sooner, and extra energy environment friendly.

A footnote says that these claims are based mostly on “pre-production units in lab-controlled situations,” nevertheless it’s nonetheless promising. The place Samsung’s modems typically led to lesser efficiency, battery drain, and overheating issues, we’re hoping that this change will enhance issues throughout the board for Pixel 11, and that’s precisely what Google claims. However we’ll have to attend and see the way it performs in real-life.

Pixel 11 pre-orders are open now: