Google’s Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

August 19, 2026 Dominic Preston

The Pixel 11 Pro Fold has a square screen and a very obvious crease.

The foldable phone market is in the middle of a huge transformation, but no one told Google.

Last year, Samsung transformed its Galaxy Z Fold 7 with a dramatically thinner design. This year, it made its phones thinner and lighter again, almost eliminated the crease, and introduced a new passport-sized form factor that feels like the future. Next month, Apple is expected to enter the market with a foldable iPhone that, rumor has it, includes all of the above and adds iOS too.

In the face of all that flux, Google's Pixel 11 Pro Fold has hardly changed a thing.

Like the other Pixel 11 phones, this is an iterative hardware upgrade, but unlike …

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