Google teases Pixel Glow on the Pixel 11

Google’s latest Pixel 11 teaser appears to confirm the long-rumored Pixel Glow feature — a small multicolored light built into the phone’s camera block that could serve as a notification system.

In a short video, Google shows a gold-colored phone from the Pixel 11 series, with the sides and camera bar visible. Inside that camera housing is a circular multicolored light, which TechRadar identifies as the likely Pixel Glow feature. Based on the teaser, it could light up in different colors or patterns for different alerts.

That would put it in similar territory to Nothing’s Glyph lighting, though Google’s version looks smaller and more restrained. Rather than turning the back of the phone into a major visual element, Pixel Glow seems closer to a modern take on the old notification LED many phones once had.

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TechRadar notes that it’s still unclear how customizable Pixel Glow will be, or whether it does anything beyond notifications. But if Google is indeed bringing back visible alert lights in a subtler form, it would stand out in a market where most mainstream phones have abandoned that idea.

Google has also confirmed that Pixel 11 series pre-orders open on August 12, presumably immediately after the launch announcement. The company’s teaser page also says people who sign up for emails will get an unspecified discount on the new phones.