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To skip "battery learning" which can take up to 2 weeks.

In Pixel Developer Options, Standby Apps displays and lets you manually override the App Standby Buckets assigned to installed applications by Android's Adaptive Battery system. Android categorizes apps into these power-management tiers based on how recently and frequently you open them, restricting background activity to save battery life.

Bucket	Usage Pattern	Background Restrictions
Active	App is currently running, used very recently, or triggering a foreground service.	None. Full access to network, background jobs, and alarms.
Working Set	Opened regularly on a daily or near-daily basis.	Mild. Slight deferrals on background job execution.
Frequent	Opened periodically, but not every day (e.g., a weekly gym tracker).	Moderate. Stricter limits on alarms, sync adapters, and background tasks.
Rare	Opened infrequently.	Strict. Background network access is restricted, and jobs are heavily delayed.
Restricted	Consumes excess resources or hasn't been opened for days.	Extreme. Max 1 alarm per day, and background jobs only run alongside active system tasks.

Please also think when you set for "Active" for every app this will drain battery even more.

Bonus:

When you have 12GB RAM Pixel 11 and you are in those Developer Options - you can activate "Memory" (which requires restart) to check RAM usage and make decision if 12GB RAM fits for you.

Youtubers will be allowed do free speech as embargo ends today 6pm UK time / Central Europe 7pm.

For QPR there are 238974 betas but for Aluminium OS zero betas?

Will Aluminium OS betas be here or other Reddit?

Is there any information about if Google Books will have Google apps or like Chromebooks just PWA (www)

Why zero information about them when they will be released in few weeks?

Things youtubers will not tell you.

Real-World Examples & Blind Spots

• Photographing Horizontal Venetian Blinds or a Table Edge:
  • Dual Pixel: If you hold the camera normally, horizontal lines cast identical light across the left and right photodiodes. The sensor experiences a "blind spot" and must hunt for focus or rely heavily on Laser AF.
  • Multi-directional: The top and bottom photodiodes pick up the vertical contrast of the horizontal slats, locking focus instantly without hesitation.
• Low-Light Macro & Fast Subject Tracking:
  • Dual Pixel: Fine textures (like fabric, fur, or angled tree branches) can cause brief focus delays in dim lighting if the detail orientation doesn't align with the horizontal sensors.
  • Multi-directional: Phase data is captured from 360 degrees, making autofocus lock-on significantly faster and less dependent on how you angle the phone.

Pixel 10 Pro vs. Pixel 11 Pro

Specification	Pixel 10 Pro	Pixel 11 Pro
Main Sensor AF Tech	Dual Pixel PDAF	Multi-directional PDAF
Detection Axis	Horizontal (1D)	Horizontal & Vertical (2D)
Horizontal Edge Sensitivity	Blind spot (falls back to Laser AF)	Full sensitivity across all edges
Low-Light Lock-on	Very fast, but subject-orientation dependent	Consistently instant regardless of phone angle

Pixel 10 Pro relies on its Laser AF module to fill in the gaps where Dual Pixel PDAF struggles, the Pixel 11 Pro's main sensor handles orientation natively, producing sharper, faster focus tracking across challenging textures and low-light environments.

I mean I would be ok if ancient Pixel 6 wouldn't have offline Rambler but Pixel 11 so-called-PRO speech to text.

Anyhoo - Rambler is nothing else than current Gemini chat.

"On the paper" there is just 0.1mm in EVERY dimension difference but is there anyone there who actually tested it?

Obviously Pixel 11 has thinner camera bar so I don't even ask - so just P1P to P11P

Please think like... gaming PC user - you can have 32GB RAM or even 64GB RAM and it will be useless if you have 10 years old low end integrated GPU/CPU.

Please also think what means buying Pixel - it is NOT for gamers - it is primarily for AI.

In few years 16GB RAM in Pixel 11 Pro will be useless, same as today Pixel 6 Pro which has 12GB RAM which is the same as... TOP FLAGSHIP Pixel 11 Pro (base model) and Pixel 6 Pro has nearly ZERO AI features* and even quite new Pixel 9 Pro 16GB RAM model will not get upcoming on-board Gemini Nano 4 because its TPU chip is too slow.

So basically forget about "future-proofing" Pixel with RAM - IF you need it TODAY - buy it - but do not buy 16GB RAM model just for future.

* zero AI features in my means - "online" Gemini is not AI where you need powerful TPU chip

I don't know if people know how to use USB C SD cards / SSDs for backup.

Then there is 15GB free Google Cloud as a "buffer" before you transfer via USB C.

Then Pixel is obviously not gaming phone to fill it with stupid games.

So I ask how to fill 512GB storage.

I have Pixel 10 Pro with 128GB and I have used about 68GB storage.

Yes I am aware you can clog your storage with Video Boost but what AVERAGE person is movie creator using smartphone.

If you live in Pixel trade in country like UK you get £430 for any supported from list phone - can be smashed display but MUST power on and be able to be wiped - for example dodgy Honor x6 £8

So example Pixel 11 PRO - £1079 -£430 +£8 = £657

Find me £650 brand new from shop iPhone 17 PRO or Galaxy S26 ULTRA - NOT EVEN CLOSE

If you live in Pixel trade in country like UK you get £430 for any supported from list phone - can be smashed display but MUST power on and be able to be wiped - for example dodgy Honor x6 £8

So example Pixel 11 PRO - £1079 -£430 +£8 = £657

Find me £650 brand new from shop iPhone 17 PRO or Galaxy S26 ULTRA - NOT EVEN CLOSE

My Pixel 10 Pro battery last me about FOUR DAYS... by AVERAGE (which means between SEVEN DAYS and... DAYLIGHT which means NOT 1 day)

7 days because of I am not phone addict and on days when it is idling then my Pixel is STONE COLD.

Daylight (hours only) when I am on holiday in direct sun (3000+ nits kick in) satnav, lots of 4K60 recording, web browsing, blazing sun frying black matte Pixel, Video Live Gemini to ask things, Google Photos lots of GBytes upload on 5G which ALL of this creates lots of heat/OVERheat.

Now please tell me if my Pixel overheats or not.

If you say YES - please go to Samsung or iPhone reddit and read 29485729857 posts how their devices overheats.

You can use it... in Gemini now (just as a copy paste).

Google is using many levels of "summarise" compression (words compression).

For example long articles or books can be compressed (summarised) to few sentences or few pages.

Rambler will use the lightest "words compression".

Gemini uses middle "words compression" for user speech input.

And Gemini/Chrome articles/books use the heaviest "words compression".

In other... words.... things you say MIGHT NOT be your words.

You can end up in jail or have Google Account banned because Gemini... listens and screwed up things that you said (but you did NOT).

With that optimistic thought - have good weekend.

I wonder which features will be Pixel 11 exclusives.

For example Google Maps Power Saver was/is Pixel 10 exclusive.

I wonder because to make Pixel 11 Pro purchase/upgrade decision

In previous Pixel you have to have 1TB model minimum.

Things to know about Zoned UFS:

Storage Health increase up to 40%

Speeds for AI increase (loading AI models to RAM)

Slow downs reduced by 4 times

5x zoom camera is NOT square anymore = no more camera rattle

Does it have it - like if someone will find it - do Factory Reset and become "new owner"