Pixel 8 Pro Long Term Review: After The Hype! (2,000 Photos Later...) 

if you cringed at the intro don't worry... I cringed too 🥲

I love my p8p. Once you take a photo and it inishes (Processing) the pics are insane.

I have been using Google Pixel 8 pro for more or less four months. The things that I hate about this phone are the overheating issues and the extremely slow charging, but altogether it's a great phone. I have never seen any lag, it has always been fast and smooth, and its display and photographic compartment are top. I am aware that it can't be compared to phones like Samsung s24 ultra or Iphone 15 pro max, but we should also consider that it is cheaper: at this moment, on Amazon it costs 699 euros! There is no way that Samsung s24 ultra and especially Iphone 15 pro max will have this price, surely not in the next future. I don't think my next phone will be a Pixel, but in the last two years I lost track of how many phones I had, and if there is something that I learned is that perfection doesn't exist, there will always be something we'll complain about.

Loveeee the pacing of this video. Very well done

Good video, but a few corrections: * Though Samsung first announced Circle to Search, it was released on the Pixel on the same day, namely on January 31 (the release date of the Samsung S24). * The Pixel 8 Pro charges in 1 hour and 36 mins, so not over 2 hours (if you have the 30W charger that you talk about). Also, you say facial-recognition works better on the iPhone and the fingerprint sensor is faster on the S24U. Fair, but you should also mention that the Pixel 8 Pro achieves secure face unlock with a WAY smaller cutout than the iPhone and also offers an alternative with the fingerprint sensor. E.g. on the iPhone you have to pick up your phone from your desk to unlock it, on the Pixel you can just put your finger on it. Now, the S24U also has secure face unlock. I'm glad to hear that the Pixel 9 Pro (coming in a few weeks) will also have a ultrasonic fingerprint sensor .

the phases are so accurate lol

3:37 bruh i thought my screen is so dirty 🤣😅

Drinking water at the start is diabolical work bro 😂 excellent review 🎉

Over 2 hours??????? I have an official google charger 30W, which is what it supports. It takes 1 hour and 15 minutes from 0-100, from 25% (which is usually when i plug it in), about 50 minutes.

The phases of a pixel=facts 😅…😮‍💨

good video presentation and review! at 1:58 , i recommend after you're finished editing your video, normalizing or compressing the entire final audio so that any added sound effects don't stand out as noticably louder than your voice. you should notice any loud spikes in the audio level out when you do this.

Pixel 8 Pro owner here. circle 2 search was available since launch of the phone, also face id is not useable when it gets a bit darker compaired to iphone where it works in complete darkness. also the phone gets extremly hot by very light useages to thr point i cant hold it anymore in my hand. i never game on the 8pro because of that reason. also there are alot of features that are region related. you can use some features in the US you cant do in Europe for example. Also when i record a video and move the camera not very slowly there are very weird ghosting frames i dont know how to explaine it looks as if there are some frames wobbeling around or missing

My S24 has way more bugs when first purchased than my Pixel 7 pro ever did🤔 I definitely miss the camera in my 7pro too

Nice video bro! Btw im still using Google Pixel XL o_0

My fingerprint sensor has been flawless on the P8P, coming from a samsung z fold 5. I do also use facial recognition on the P8P since it has the same security certificate as the iPhone face id, for payment and other login stuff. The facial recognition on the P8P usually beats my fingerprint unlock anyway. This was something I missed on the newer Samsung devices since the facial recognition does not have the same security certification.

I bought the google pixel 8 pro about a month ago. I had the same problems with games and even Brawl stars had frame drops . However now everything is fixed and smooth

May upgrade my 7 Pro for the 9 Pro...

I like your phases and I feel like you can look broadly at the entire Google phone experience starting with the Nexus up to the recent Pixel 9 announcement and put these phases along a timeline

This is spot on and a great reminder as I debate a pixel 9 pro XL big large but at the same time google said my iPhone pro max mega bigo 1TB is only worth 400usd trade in. I’ll wait 3 months for the pixel 50% price drop and buy it then, lol.

dude great content, nice speaking, good video quality over all, keep going!

Lets not forget the Apple iPhone overheating issue at launch.

I knew I liked you bro, a fellow Cowboys fan! Let’s hope we have a better year this season! Ha ha

What a content... Just subbed... As a pixel 8 user thus is soooo factual 😊

Bought the pixel fold last year and I loved it, after watching this though I fully understand what you mean. You’ll love your new pixel but the bugs don’t get fixed fast enough and I hate to say it but I switched back to iPhone and I strongly regret it. Now that RCS chats are opened up with the iOS beta and they fixed the gripes that I had

My biggest issue with the camera is the edge distortion. Theres soooo much of it on the main camera. At least on the minimum focal distance

Won't lie, the tinkerer in me always has me putting my pixel in dev/debug mode and fucking around with it during phase 2 😅

Wish you did an extremely detailed like 30 or 40 mins long time review 😅

That noise around 1:50 scared the crap out of me on headphones

Keep up Yo!❤

My phone is so weird. I have a pixel 8 PRO and ONLY one weekends. My charging messes up. It will stay at 70 or 80 percent and I have to reset my phone.. it's like someone is telling me to stay home bc Im not going out of my phone isn't fully charged

Hey Naseem ! :) Which is the update you speak about in phase 3 ? Is that an update that already come or just a dream you made ? ;) Thanks.

Cool post ! Does the pixel 8 pro support usb devices with exFAT protocol ?

Guys I’ve been an android fan/user since forever but I switched to the iPhone 15 pro max when it released. Seen the teaser for the Pixel 9 series, would anyone think it would be nice to switch back?

Should I go for the s24 plus or the pixel 8 pro?(Also thank you for the real review I think I might go for pixel since my only concern was the gaming experience)

"Hey!... If you've never seen me before... my name is NotSeen"

A year later and its still great 😎

Had this phone, didn’t last a month with it until I switched to the 15 Pro Max

can you compare pixel 8 pro with pixel 9 . As it is cheaper than 9 and has video boost too. But pixel 9 dont have video boost

What with the videos now? Do you recommend me this phone for the next month?

You slowed down a lot bro

Nas I've got a question, how does it perform against the s23 fe? Is there that much of a difference?

Everything you said is facts. The Google Pixel 8 pro is a very good phone though. Definitely the BEST pixel so far.

Great vid

I often use circle to search to translate text and copy text, I rarely use it for search

Great video. I have a iPhone 15 pro max and a pixel 8 pro and I go back and forth to both and my one sim, just today my iPad Mini 6gen display died after cracking screen last year and being told it would be cheaper to buy a new one then but anyways looking at maybe selling iPhone and pixel and getting the one plus open to take up the spot of two phones or a phone and iPad. Thoughts from anyone much appreciated 👍

I sincerely hope with the 9 Pro they add 45w charging and it looks like they're going to get an Ultrasonic sensor. I love the flexibility and various modes that the Galaxy has, but low light and motion photos for the Galaxy is so far behind the Pixel experience. I also wish that Google would add Dolby Atmos because that has become my favorite Galaxy feature by far. I imagine I'll snag a Pixel 9 Pro or a Fold if the cameras are the same as the Pro. My tiny hands didn't love the Pixel 8 Pro because of it's size, but with a smaller one coming, it might be perfect.

works for me, I always buy 2 or 3 year old phones

No P9P or P9P XL content?? 😮

the 3 "phase" is correct I got my pixel 7a right about when it released and for the first 2 weeks it was perfect, then after that it sucked,the battery life and the heat was really gettin bad ,but then google dropped the android 14 update and it fixed pretty much everything, then it was back to being perfect for me but then its screen broke (my fault)

When is the next pixel fold projected?

Good phone, but not flagship.

Okay but serious question for everyone here. I’m about to upgrade from my 12 pro max, and I’ve been looking at the p8p for a hot minute. Is it worth switching?

That's why I'll roll w sam or moto

Is it possible to use the AI features on an image captured with external camera? For example, I use Sony mirrorless to capture and copy to the phone via usb

Is it me or the sound is too low?

So I’m guessing that the P8P is a 50/50 gamble.

i am in phase one for 11 month's with pixel 7a

In other words, get the pixel phone one year after its release and don’t use it as your primary phone.

New genre

Hi I am getting pixel 8 pro in £600 should I buy or will wait for any new device?

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Been with Pixel since the beginning. Heck been with Pixel before it was even called that..from Nexus 4 onwards. Not going anywhere. Sammys don't do anything for me...they copy everything from Apple and Google in any case and if I move in the future it will be an iPhone over a Samsung android.

Bro we NEED you to cover the OnePlus 12

dzude the camera is really it

Do you name what your name means ? in its original language 😂😂 it is beautiful

But there is first-class protection, unlike Chinese smartphones and even Samsung

Why is your name arabic?

Give me the phone 😢

Lol I have a bay blue one on the way

Battery life is bad on 5G connection. 4G or 5G connection keeps disconnecting. Quality control is bad on Google Phones some phone’s are faulty.

First!!!!

It's not worth the price for what it offers

Got the pixel 6 at launch and worst device ever…at the time. I ended up returning it within my 2 weeks due to bug issues. But loved the sea foam color. But I would definitely try the pixel again though.

Mediocre chipset for Gaming 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

Speak on it. Google Pixel is the most overhyped phone on the planet and US consumers are the worst culprit for it but it goes without saying they've slowly become a little Winnie bit more popular

Crappy phone with pathetic chipset.

Pixel got the worst fingerprint scanner ever in the phones I used

giveaway to me 🎉

My biggest issue with the camera is the edge distortion. Theres soooo much of it on the main camera. At least on the minimum focal distance