When the cost of memory chips reaches historic highs, the price of staying connected rises with it. Google has confirmed that its upcoming Pixel 11 lineup and Pixel Watch 5 will carry higher price tags, a consequence of semiconductor scarcity driven by the insatiable appetite of AI infrastructure. Like Apple before it, Google frames this not as a choice but as a threshold finally crossed — the point where absorbing supply chain pain on behalf of consumers became impossible to sustain.