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Google's reported shift from Samsung to MediaTek modems in the Pixel 11 addresses critical enterprise reliability concerns around cellular connectivity, battery life, and thermal management that have plagued Pixel devices since 2021. The MediaTek M90 modem promises 15-18% power efficiency improvements and better security through physical separation from the main processor, potentially resolving persistent connectivity issues in challenging enterprise environments. However, IT organizations should anticipate approximately $100 price increases per device due to both the modem upgrade and Google's transition to TSMC's 2nm manufacturing process.
Google successfully integrated Rust code into the Pixel 10's cellular modem to address critical memory safety vulnerabilities that have made modems an increasingly exploited attack vector, with 18 severe vulnerabilities identified in recent years. Rather than rewriting legacy modem firmware—an impractical approach given decades of technical debt and proprietary code—Google used Rust's compile-time memory safety features to protect the DNS parser, a key point where phones process untrusted data. This incremental approach demonstrates a viable path for securing legacy embedded systems without requiring complete rewrites, though adoption may be limited by the 371KB overhead in resource-constrained devices.