Just get a Pixel 11? Here are the first 10 settings you need to change

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The Google Pixel 11 series is officially out in the wild. As with pretty much every Pixel Google has released before, the new phones aren’t necessarily set up to give you the best experience out of the box.

There are plenty of useful features and settings that are either disabled by default or require manual configuration. And with the Pixel 11 series bringing a heap of new software features, there are even more things worth tweaking this year.

So, if you’ve just picked up a new Pixel 11, here are 10 settings and features I’d recommend changing right away.

Pixel phones have long been known for their cameras, and with the Pixel 11 series, Google is giving you more control over how those photos actually look with a new feature called Camera Looks .

Instead of applying a filter after taking the photo, Camera Looks lets you choose the overall color and tone before you shoot. For the “Default Look,” you can choose between four different levels of HDR processing. Additionally, you can swipe through more stylized Looks that have a much bigger impact on colors, contrast, etc.

The feature defaults to the “standard” style we’ve always had, though, so you’ll need to change it yourself:

Google has also focused heavily on social media creators with the Pixel 11 camera. There’s now a built-in teleprompter that lets you read a script directly from the screen while recording, along with social media grid lines that show where things like usernames, captions, Like buttons, and other UI elements will appear once you upload the video. It’s something you don’t even get natively on the iPhone right now.