Hands-On With Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold

Sam Rutherford, writing for Engadget:

Granted, the P11 Pro Fold still includes IP68 dust and water resistance, which is better than what you get on the Z Fold 8 line (IP48). But after making an absolute tank of a foldable phone with last year’s model, I said Google really needed to cut weight and thickness this generation, and it just hasn’t. Instead, it seems like Google has leaned even more into the Pro Fold’s sturdiness with a new glass fibre material for its rear panel that the company says is nearly impossible to crack. This is great in theory, but obviously I wasn’t in a position to smash one of Google’s demo units in order to test that claim.

I have never seen anyone, anywhere, with a folding Pixel phone. Pretty sure I won’t this year either.

I played with a Pixel 10 Fold or whatever its name was last year at the Google Store on Newbury street in Boston, which store felt like a small library or museum. The Pixel Fold display was so plasticky that I had a moment where I wondered if the display units were fake props, like at Ikea. But no, it was the real thing. And it cost $1,800 to start.

★ Wednesday, 12 August 2026