Google’s Matte Black Pixel 11 Pro Finally Gets the Full Treatment in New Leak

Photo credit: Evan Blass
Fresh images of the Pixel 11 Pro in matte black have landed just days before Google’s Made by Google event, and they show a phone that finally matches the finish many people have wanted for years.

Obsidian is becoming the rumored name for this version of the phone. The new matte coating goes across the entire frame and even over the edges of the camera bar, which is a significant upgrade over the previous Pro model’s shining rails. Those polished rails used to be a fingerprint magnet, attracting any stray reflections that contrasted with the rest of the glasswork. With the black model being completely matte from edge to edge, anyone who prefers a shiny finish will have to go with one of the other colors. It appears that selecting Obsidian is the only method to achieve that matte finish.

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The images, which came from respected tipster Evan Blass, are eerily similar to the official marketing images, which show the phone from various angles and make the flatter, less reflective surface easy to spot. Meanwhile, the Camera Bar has been lowered from last year, giving the phone a more streamlined appearance while retaining the original three-lens layout.

However, from what we can see, the rest of the phone remains largely unchanged. It retains the same 6.3-inch Super Actua LTPO OLED screen and resolution as last year’s 10 Pro, but peak brightness increases to an impressive 3600 nits. Instead of last year’s G2, the Tensor G6 chip will take over. It will be linked with the Titan M3 security chip like before, but instead of Android 16, it will run Android 17 out of the box.

The main sensor remains a 50 megapixel unit, while the ultrawide has increased from 12 to 48 megapixels and now has macro capabilities. Of course, there’s the periscope telephoto, which has another 48 megapixel lens and 5x optical zoom, up from 4x last year. Digital zoom has also been improved, now at 120x instead of 100x. Unfortunately, the battery life suffers slightly, dropping to 4,850 mAh, and the phone itself weighs 204 grams. It is also slightly thinner, at 8.4 mm.

In terms of storage, you can get 256 GB and go all the way up to 512 GB, but it will cost you extra storage for the RAM, as you get 12 GB as normal, but if you choose the larger storage, that increases to 16 GB. As for the price, it appears that you can get one in the United States for $1,099, which is $100 more than the original price of the 10 Pro, and the final names for those additional colors may not be Dune, Light Fog, and Pine after all. While the black finish is limited to the one matte choice, Obsidian. One thing that appears to be getting an upgrade is the new lighting effect around the camera bar, which was previously known as Pixel Glow but is now referred to as HiLight in some of the renders, and one of the leaked shots even shows off the 120x zoom for a true moon capture, implying that extra zoom is ready to be tested.

The next Made By Google event is scheduled for August 12, so these renders provide the clearest look yet at what the Pro models will look like once the covers are removed. The Obsidian finish will stand out to anyone who has spent the last several years wiping fingerprints off a slick Pixel rail, since it is nice to see that detail.