The Pixel 9 collection has been obtainable for a couple of weeks now, getting constructive evaluations from patrons and specialists. This yr, Google has been conservative concerning enhancements, however that will change within the subsequent couple of generations. A giant leak has revealed the brand new digital camera and AI options that the Pixel 10 and 11 collection may deliver within the subsequent few years.

As noticed by Kamila Wojciechowska of Android Authority in paperwork from Google’s chip division, the corporate is reportedly doubling down on AI to develop new picture modifying instruments and enhance the standard of photographs and movies.

New AI instruments for picture and video modifying

Beginning with potential new AI modifying instruments, the “Video Generative ML” title got here to the fore. “Submit-capture Generative AI-based Intuitive Video Enhancing for the Photographs app,” reads the outline of the brand new characteristic. It seems to be a device that lets you edit recorded movies utilizing the ability of Gen AI. It might bear resemblance to an possibility present in Adobe’s Firefly AI video generator. Clues counsel that will probably be obtainable for Google and Photographs YouTube Shorts.

Different options talked about embrace “Converse-to-Tweak” and “Sketch-to-Picture.” Whereas they don’t embrace an outline, their names are fairly self-explanatory. “Converse-to-Tweak” may allow you to edit photographs utilizing voice instructions, whereas “Sketch-to-Picture” might flip your drawings into paintings. The latter appears much like a Galaxy AI suite possibility.

In accordance with the supply, the paperwork additionally point out the title “Magic Mirror.” Sadly, this one additionally doesn’t embrace an outline, and its title is a little more ambiguous. A extra highly effective NPU within the Pixel 10 collection’ Tensor G5 chip may allow all these AI enhancements. The brand new SoC might even allow on-device processing of Steady Diffusion-based fashions. So, apps like Pixel Studio may transfer to an area strategy as a substitute of counting on the cloud.

Potential new digital camera options for the Pixel 10 and Pixel 11 collection

The supply additionally noticed potential digital camera enhancements for the Pixel 10 and 11 collection. Subsequent yr’s Tensor G5-powered gadgets may lastly file 4K HDR video at 60 fps. For reference, the present Tensor G4 solely helps video recording at a most of 30 fps beneath these settings.

Alternatively, the Pixel 11 collection in 2026 may boast a 100x tremendous zoom primarily based on Machine Studying. The characteristic could possibly be obtainable for each photographs and movies. The paperwork declare that “next-gen” telephoto digital camera {hardware} will make this doable. The Pixel 8 Professional and Pixel 9 Professional fashions already characteristic “Zoom Improve” to revive the standard of zoomed photographs. It’s doable that the brand new system is an enchancment to Zoom Improve.

Pixel 11 might have highly effective AI video recording capabilities

The supply noticed some huge video recording enhancements aimed on the Pixel 11 collection. First, “Cinematic Blur” might now help 4K recording at 30 fps. There may be a “Video Relight” choice to tweak the lighting situations of a recorded video. Each could possibly be doable because of a “Cinematic Rendering Engine” constructed into the Tensor G6’s (tentative title) new ISP. Plus, recording Cinematic Blur movies might eat as much as 40% much less energy because of the brand new {hardware}.

Present Google Pixel gadgets characteristic a “Evening Sight Video” mode for higher recordings in low-light situations. Google may take the characteristic to a brand new degree with the “Extremely Low Mild” mode. The characteristic might be able to act on movies recorded beneath lighting situations as little as 5-10 lux. For reference, that is equal to dimly lit rooms or cloudy evening skies. Plus, video processing might now be completely native as a substitute of utilizing the cloud.

Some options might by no means arrive

All of those new options sound fairly promising and would possibly even make some take into account ready for the Pixel 11 collection as a substitute of subsequent yr’s Pixel 10. Nonetheless, on condition that these options are nonetheless in growth, it’s doable that some is probably not applied or might bear modifications. Let’s hope that’s not the case, as they may take the cell digital camera expertise to a brand new degree on Pixel gadgets.