{"id":118158,"date":"2026-05-04T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/pixel-11-pro-leaked-details-detail-rgb-led-array-in-place-of-ir-thermometer\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:26:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:26:44","slug":"pixel-11-pro-leaked-details-detail-rgb-led-array-in-place-of-ir-thermometer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/pixel-11-pro-leaked-details-detail-rgb-led-array-in-place-of-ir-thermometer\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixel 11 Pro leaked details detail RGB LED array in place of IR thermometer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-content-wrapper=\"true\">\n<div class=\"e_f\">\n<div class=\"e_Jt\" style=\"max-width:1231px\"><picture class=\"e_Jg\" style=\"padding-top:56.21%;aspect-ratio:1231 \/ 692\"><source sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pixel-11-rgb-led-arrary.jpg.webp 1231w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pixel-11-rgb-led-arrary-64w-36h.jpg.webp 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pixel-11-rgb-led-arrary-1000w-562h.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pixel-11-rgb-led-arrary-675w-379h.jpg.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pixel-11-rgb-led-arrary-300w-170h.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pixel-11-rgb-led-arrary-840w-472h.jpg.webp 840w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-container-type=\"content\" class=\"e_Ui e_e e_L\">\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google is preparing a new &#8220;Pixel Glow&#8221; notification system for the Pixel 11 series.<\/li>\n<li>Now a new leak claims that the Pixel 11 Pro models may drop the infrared thermometer in favor of an RGB LED array.<\/li>\n<li>While smaller than the Nothing Glyph display, Google&#8217;s system can enable similar interactions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>With May now upon us, we&#8217;re at the height of Google season: I\/O is only a few weeks away, and then we&#8217;ve just got a few more months to go before the new Pixel 11 phones arrive. Thanks to some early CAD renders, we&#8217;ve already started to put together our expectations about what changes might impact the new hardware, and now a new source is shedding light on what we can expect from this year&#8217;s models.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_pk e_ok\" data-container-type=\"content\">\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t want to miss the best of <em>Android Authority<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_em\"><picture class=\"e_im e_jm e_Jg\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;aspect-ratio:676 \/ 213\"><source sizes=\"9.375rem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png.webp 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png.webp 64w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Lite@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Lite@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><\/picture><picture class=\"e_im e_Jg\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;aspect-ratio:676 \/ 213\"><source sizes=\"9.375rem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png.webp 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png.webp 64w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>As part of a massive Pixel 11 leak, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/mysticleaks\/163\" target=\"_blank\">mystic leak<\/a> Telegram channel shares that Google is abandoning its infrared thermometer this year. And while we won&#8217;t have that sensor on the back of the Pixel 11 Pro, Pro XL, nor the Pro Fold, Google isn&#8217;t leaving this space empty \u2014 instead, the camera bar will now have a Nothing Glyph-like RGB LED array.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>Both of these are ideas we&#8217;ve heard before, but presented here with more detail and clarity than previously available. The loss of the thermometer was something we actually began to fear following the publication of CAD-based renders that showed no clear sign of a thermometer in models like the Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_f\">\n<div class=\"e_Jt\" style=\"max-width:2000px\"><picture class=\"e_Jg\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;aspect-ratio:2000 \/ 1125\"><source sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2.jpg.webp 2000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-64w-36h.jpg.webp 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-1000w-563h.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-1920w-1080h.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-1536w-864h.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-675w-380h.jpg.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-300w-170h.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-1280w-720h.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-840w-472h.jpg.webp 840w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"Google Pixel 10 Pro Thermometer Temperature Check Window 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-64w-36h.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-1000w-563h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-1920w-1080h.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-1536w-864h.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-675w-380h.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-300w-170h.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-1280w-720h.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2-840w-472h.jpg 840w\" alt=\"Google Pixel 10 Pro Thermometer Temperature Check Window 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google-pixel-10-pro-thermometer-checking-temperature-window-2.jpg\"\/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"e_Ov e_Kt\">\n<p>Rita El Khoury\/Android Authority<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>Google introduced the thermometer with the Pixel 8 Pro, and it has managed to stick around for the past few generations. Although we found some interesting use cases for it, it&#8217;s probably sadly underutilized, and we doubt anyone will be surprised to see it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>The more interesting angle is that RGB LED array. We&#8217;ve been following evidence of &#8220;Pixel Glow,&#8221; a new system for &#8220;light animations&#8221; that Google is building, for several months. The image you see above is not an official rendering, and the source admits that it is AI-generated, but also claims that it &#8220;looks like the actual appearance of the back cover of the Pixel 11 Pro.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>Although it looks great, our enthusiasm for the LED array is already slightly tempered by the potential limitations of what we&#8217;re able to do with it. Some evidence, at least, indicates that it is being used primarily by Gemini, and it&#8217;s not really clear yet how flexible it may be. Compared to the Nothing Glyph display, this source notes that Google&#8217;s version will be smaller.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>Even if that&#8217;s the case, there&#8217;s no doubt that it&#8217;ll attract a lot of attention \u2013 and we can&#8217;t wait to see it in action for ourselves. While the smallest may be left out of the Pixel 11 array, based on this information it looks like it should come to the Pixel 11 Pro, Pro XL, and Pro Fold models.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-container-type=\"content\">\n<div class=\"e_Cc e_L\">\n<p>Thank you for being a part of our community. Please read our comment policy before posting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TL;DR Google is preparing a new &#8220;Pixel Glow&#8221; notification system for the Pixel 11 series. Now a new leak claims that the Pixel 11 Pro models may drop the infrared thermometer in favor of an RGB LED array. 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