Google Pixel 8 Review 

good thing I read this. skipped 7 mins ahead 2 mins in the vid

Not really true -- it spent the third minute talking about both the screen and the exterior design of the phone -- but I'll take your point. I only use the camera every few days, so I'd prefer to see a more balanced review.

It's also a PIXEL, so they are all about photos, so somewhat a little more understandable but I understand your point.

that's the only thing that's really changing from year to year. most flagship phones have been perfectly fine in software and performance for a while now, there isn't that much to set them apart beyond personal preference and cameras

Yeah I'm with you. I almost feel like they should just quickly say if it's good or bad and if they like the features and then do an entire separate in depth camera review.

Agreed. They are not cell phones or smartphones anymore, but rather camera phones.

Things that make you go hmmmm 🤔🤔🤔🤔

Yea I pre the 8 as well and for days it’s all 8 pro it seems. The pro is great but idc because iam buying the 8. Wish more vids would concentrate on just the 8

My sentiments exactly. I have searched so many videos but it’s all about the Pro so definitely appreciate this video. My Rose color 8 will be here soon.

Mine to they emailed me last night saying it shipped I should have it by tomorrow I got the rose also

@@AjAj-kg9uw Rose gang lol but that's awesome. I'm waiting on FedEx now.

This is the main question, noone has answered yet!

A lot are possible due to the Tensor 3 chip so maybe limited to the Pixel 8 series.

Supposedly there are a lot of features that are locked for Pixel 8 but are already available on Pixel 8 Pro. Don't know if those features will unlock with the feature drops in the future but it's pretty silly that there's features that are available for the Pro but not the regular 8, when they both have the same chip and same main camera. Sony has a big phone and compact phone that both have the same features and same chip.

​@@DJ_S-3-R-G8 and 8 Pro has different versions of the G3.

It’s 100% going to come to Google One. These things are not phone related and are timed exclusives just like magic eraser and will come to all phones eventually… including those using iOS and subscribed to Google One. It has nothing to do with the specs of the phone. I love the pixels but this isn’t talked about enough

@@AtlanticCanadianGamer oh okay! I should just keep my pixel 7 then, I'm happy with my phone and I see the features coming to older ones eventually, like astrophotography.

Indeed, I got so bored of the Pro this and that reviews 🥱

The pixel 5 is an incredible device. 6 and 7 was pretty bad compared to it in terms of design, and that was the reason I still rock it today. I'll probably switch to the 8 too soon though

@@FR0ZENxTUNA Coming from a 5 I feel mixed about the 8 Pro. - It has a worse PWM that is now also more significant due to the large and bright screen. It's screen doesn't run at full resolution by default. - Its back is much more slippery. So I have to consider what to do about that. - For whatever reason the smaller 8 series phone has all kinds of things worse (mic apparently, camera, camera software, ram) so that I felt like I needed to go with the bigger version. - Switching over from my broken 5 was not seamless, as the cloud backup lacks all kinds of App data. - For some reason my Assistant still uses last years much worse read aloud implemenation, rather then the new one, which was one of the reasons for which I bought the phone. - There is no public roadmap where I could look up if this will still come to my region of the world. - The AI chip definitely won't hold up with new AI features 3 years+ from now that will require the then available faster AI processors. So much for it being a long lasting phone. - The selfie camera is bad at low light, and so is face unlock which depends on that. - Fingerprint sensor is not up to the competition from what I understand. I haven't tested it much, but others are supposed to be better with wet fingers. - Some features are deliberately limited to some phones, even though they could run on others, like the Pro camera software. Which is an issue for any 8 Pro user as something similar can be expected with the next iteration of Pixels. - The sound on the Pro is not great at max volume. (8 is fine) - The bezels are much worse than even with the P5. - Some Apps, like the news feed, are clearly optimized for the lower resolution and thus display black bars on their sides. - The temp sensor is now not supposed to be used for its main intended function (body temperature reading), but Google has not clearly stated why that is I believe. When entering temp in the search bar it doesn't display anything, even though I've installed the app. - Current Pixel phones have a non-removeable search bar at the bottom locking in Google services even more. - There are some reports on camera artifacts caused by post processing in high contrast conditions. - The typical HDR high contrast Pixel photo look is now being pushed even a step further. Which in some instances already makes pictures look a little like comics. - The camera slows down when shooting at full 50MP resolution. - Many features are only announced. E.g. some of the video enhancement features. (night sight, and that special pro video mode) - Summarize is actually quite bad. - The implementation of AI speech output is not consistent / well integrated. Multiple menues where one can change voices. - Google does not clearly communicate details about the hardware. E.g. it's unclear whether the phone uses the same screen as the new iPhone, which however now seems to suffer from severe burn in issues. - There is a ton of small features that have been added. And you can click yourself through many of them in the tutorial. But many of them hide in small submenus, rather than being integrated into existing functions. Which at least in some instances seems possible. Reminds me of productivity software that gets more and more functions until every menu is so loaded with information that using the system as a whole becomes cumbersome. - Then there's the weight. Didin't Steve Jobs once say "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.". Well, certainly not the way the smartphone industry makes these devices heavier each year. What's good? - The camera is still one of the best feature. - The macro much better than with my old 5. - Of course it's a bit faster. - There will be new AI features coming in future years. - 7 years of Android updates. - The screen is bright. - It at least has some kind of face unlock. Which does work well under good lightning conditions. - The background image generation works better than expected. - The stereo sounds really great, but only when holding the phone sideways. - Dictation works better now. - Some of the small features have good reasons to exist. (E.g. there is a fall detection, and other protective features.) - Some of the image manipulation tech can do stuff. Like enlarging and removing. - Some call assistant functions are nice (weighting on a hotline gets easier), but not available outside the US. But it's still 1100+€. I'm not sure how much I really care about that. But I don't feel, given all the questionable design decisions, that this is a throughly well designed device. I feel mixed and am very seriously considering going back to the 5er. AI is so new, that they haven't really figured out what to do with it yet. And how to do it properly. There was a recent Sundar Pichai interview in which he, as clearly as it can be expected from him, stated that AI in the beginning wasn't that great yet. Which is as much as saying that he is aware of how limited their own devices still are in this respect. I'm not sure, if they really are going to give us what we would find useful on the Pixel 8 in terms of AI that actually processes language. At least when it comes to on-device implementation.

I'm still on the pixel 4XL. I still can't get over losing my unlimited storage on my phone photos and videos.

It's 5 days later. Everything is going fine; Caseology tempered glass for the screen and case (made in SK). Only negative is the phone gets pretty warm doing normal things. Will the case make that worse, or better? We'll see. But battery life, call quality, the basics are fine.

5 days later, almost 2 weeks into the phone. Experience has smoothed out and am very happy with the phone.

stop lying. its available for preorder right now.

@@user-hj1rs2pk8o it was supposed to be delivered tomorrow but it came in today.

Question❓ The internal memory is 138 GB. But if i'm right most companies have alreasy used part of the 128 GB. My question is how much is realy available for the user on the pixel 8❓

True

What do you expect from the corporate machine

Thanks for your input! Very profound!

Exactly.... I'm tired of every reviewer saying they aren't sure how ethical it is.... Like all photos aren't edited

Battery and Signal are the worse in Pixel 7 Pro and that are the most important in phone

Hows the battery life for real? Does it last a whole day??

Which one you went with? 8 or 8pro? Btw, I am also having 4a5G and love it.. sad that they are ending the updates

@@sabareesanshankaran6897 I have loved my Pixel 4a5G and would have kept in if they had more security updates! I went with the Pixel 8 and am using it to respond to you! As much as I would have loved to have the 8Pro, I just couldn't justify the extra money. Honestly, I'm very grateful to be able to get this Pixel 8! So far so good! I picked up a case with a good screen protector from Amazon on the Prime Day sale!

Your money, your choice...

Go and check them out in store . I know the pixel 8 is around £200 cheaper than the S23

You mean Tech person 😅

If you're having issues with signal try use LTE not 5G + that might also help with battery

Yeah I don't want a gigantic phone I'm on feet all day I'm also a runner I can't handle it pixel 8 pro size phone though it does look nice I just it's too big for me

Literally me. I want the Pro specs in a smaller phone. Currently using a 7 pro and want something smaller.

I believe the manual camera modes will be coming to the standard 8 in a future software update

​@marksouthwell4490 hello just wondering when will this be happening I'm just trying to wonder which one to get ?

@@mattphillip4067 possibly in future update. Only Google knows. Maybe at the same time the Pro gets night sight video

proof or it never happened 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Apparently the standard 8 is getting manual camera / pro mode in a future software update

​@marksouthwell4490 when will this be happening I'm trying to figure out weather to get the pro or normal 8 ? Plus I have the s21 uktra and it's like having a brick in your pocket 🤣

@@mattphillip4067 not sure. Only a rumor I've heard . From watching and reading articles. Wouldn't be a major thing as other phone manufacturers have manual camera settings even on their budget devices 😊

You know you're right he never talked about reception talking on the phone at all

How unhygienic 😮

U R NOT

Don't you mean larger aperture 🤔

@@marksouthwell4490 you know what I meant 😂

ECS still delivers a very good yield despite the downturn affecting the whole world.

Great content and I thank you for breaking it down. Even with the current rate, I'm still Glad I can smile back at my portfolio being built weekly.