New Pixels

Google's Pixel event dominated, with the Pixel 11 line, a $1,899 Pro Fold, and a $399 Watch 5 packed with Gemini and health trends. SpaceXAI closed the day out by dropping Grok 4.6, which it says matches GPT-5.6 Sol.

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• Google unveils the $899+ Pixel 11, $1,099+ 11 Pro, and $1,299+ 11 Pro XL, with a Tensor G6, new Gemini features, Magic Capture to pick the best frames, and more (techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/pixel-11-has-few-har…) (TechCrunch)

• Google unveils the $1,899+ Pixel 11 Pro Fold, with a stronger hinge, inner and outer displays that are 20% brighter, Tensor G6 chip, and an updated 48MP camera (engadget.com/2235151/this-is-the-1900-google-p…) (Engadget)

• Google unveils the $399 Pixel Watch 5 with a satin pyrite case finish, offline Gemini, proactive AI suggestions, better GPS maps, and insulin resistance trends (theverge.com/tech/978094/pixel-watch-5-hands-o…) (The Verge)

• SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.6, saying it matches GPT-5.6 Sol on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, and prices it at $2/1M input and $6/1M output tokens (x.ai/news/grok-4-6) (SpaceXAI)

• Grok 4.6 is built for long-running agents, coding, and knowledge work, beating Grok 4.5 on CursorBench, FrontierCode, APEX-Agents, and Terminal-Bench, out today via Cursor, OpenRouter, and Vercel (9to5mac.com/2026/08/12/spacexai-releases-grok-…) (9to5Mac)

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