{"id":88220,"date":"2026-07-16T08:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/88220\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T08:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:21:09","slug":"google-moves-further-away-from-samsung-for-pixel-11-hardware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/88220\/","title":{"rendered":"Google moves further away from Samsung for Pixel 11 hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Google revamped its Pixel smartphone series in 2021, it introduced a completely new design language and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/google-pixel-6-longer-software-support-than-samsung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">used several Samsung hardware<\/a> components. However, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/google-tsmc-switch-shock-samsung-foundry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">began moving away from Samsung<\/a> last year, and the Pixel 11 series will reportedly use one fewer component from its longtime South Korean partner.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to new reports, the Pixel 11 series will use the new Tensor G6 chip with a MediaTek 5G modem instead of Samsung&#8217;s Exynos 5G modem. Android Authority <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/pixel-11-launch-date-3684941\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">discovered<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/fccid.io\/A4RGZDQ6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">FCC database<\/a> that the Pixel 11 series&#8217; SAR test report mentions MediaTek&#8217;s TA-SAR v2 algorithm.\n<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Google-Pixel-11-FCC-SAR-Test-Report.jpeg\" width=\"800\" height=\"483\" alt=\"Google Pixel 11 FCC SAR Test Report\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-credit\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Android Authority, FCC\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">Pixel 11&#8217;s SAR test report in FCC database mentions MediaTek \u2013 Source: Android Authority, FCC\n                                                                                <\/p>\n<p>Sources reportedly indicate that the Tensor G6 chip will be paired with the MediaTek M90 modem and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ithome.com\/0\/975\/909.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">built on TSMC&#8217;s 2nm process node<\/a>. The chip is expected to support download speeds of up to 12GB\/s on compatible cellular networks. It also supports direct satellite connectivity for emergency calls and messages, as well as dual active 5G connections.\n<\/p>\n<p>Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/google-tensor-chip-not-made-samsung-four-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">stopped using Samsung Foundry<\/a> to fabricate Tensor chips for smartphones last year. With its reported switch to MediaTek for cellular connectivity, Google may now depend on Samsung only for OLED panels, some camera sensors, and DRAM and UFS storage chips.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Pixel 11 series reportedly includes four phones: the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and Pixel 11 Pro Fold. All four phones are expected to use the Tensor G6 chip and run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/stable-android-17-update-released-features-foldables-improvements-app-bubbles\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"16662470\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android 17<\/a> out of the box. They will reportedly launch on August 12, a few weeks after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/samsung-galaxy-z-flip-8-everything-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Galaxy Z Flip 8<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8-everything-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Galaxy Z Fold 8<\/a> series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Google revamped its Pixel smartphone series in 2021, it introduced a completely new design language and used&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[26581,2730,127,223,13575],"class_list":["post-88220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-samsung","tag-exynos","tag-google","tag-samsung","tag-samsung-group","tag-system-lsi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}