Google announced its Made by Google launch event for the Pixel 11 family on August 12th in New York City, starting at 6 PM ET.
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google is hosting its next Made by Google launch event for Pixel hardware on August 12th in New York City, according to an invitation sent by Google to <em>The Verge</em>. Unusually, the event is taking place in the evening: It'll kick off at 6PM ET that day. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The email also includes a brief animation teasing what appears to be a phone in the Pixel 11 family that's gold. Pixel 11 leaks that have popped up so far show that the base phone <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/903381/google-pixel-11-leak-bezels-camera-bar">could have slimmer bezels than the Pixel 10</a> and a solid black camera bar. Leaks of Pixel 11 Pro indicate the phone could be a touch <a href="https://www.androidheadlines.com/google-pixel-11-pro">thinner than the Pixel 10 Pro</a>. And the Pixel 11 Pro Fold could also be thinner than …</p>
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# Google announces Pixel 11 launch event in August
Source: [https://www.theverge.com/tech/962313/made-by-google-pixel-11-launch-event](https://www.theverge.com/tech/962313/made-by-google-pixel-11-launch-event)
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Google is hosting its next Made by Google launch event for Pixel hardware on August 12th in New York City, according to an invitation sent by Google to*The Verge*\. Unusually, the event is taking place in the evening: It’ll kick off at 6PM ET that day\.
The email also includes a brief animation teasing what appears to be a phone in the Pixel 11 family that’s gold\. Pixel 11 leaks that have popped up so far show that the base phone[could have slimmer bezels than the Pixel 10](https://www.theverge.com/tech/903381/google-pixel-11-leak-bezels-camera-bar)and a solid black camera bar\. Leaks of Pixel 11 Pro indicate the phone could be a touch[thinner than the Pixel 10 Pro](https://www.androidheadlines.com/google-pixel-11-pro)\. And the Pixel 11 Pro Fold could also be thinner than the previous model and might get[a redesigned camera bump](https://www.theverge.com/tech/891449/google-pixel-11-pro-fold-smartphone-leak-render)\.
Last year’s Pixel 10 launch event — which featured[Jimmy Fallon and a live studio audience](https://www.theverge.com/analysis/762891/made-by-google-pixel-10-jimmy-fallon)— took place on August 20th, with the base and Pro model phones releasing shortly after on August 28th\.
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