Pixel 8 Pro Video Boost vs 15 Pro Max vs S23 Ultra - Worth it? 

Oo that's really interesting! I've always turned off HDR in video on my Pixel 7 because of how noisy it is in the shadows. I will try this for sure. Any other tips to improve video on pixel?

Yes. I've tried that and it works wonderfully and the highlights are much more well balanced than in this video on my Pixel 8 Pro:)

Thanks for the tip. I use Motion Cam Pro because the quality is just outstanding but I've been having issues with it as files are being corrupted and there's nothing I can do except just lose the footage.

​@@tanvir10029 Lowering exposure will definitely help with that, since shadows will be dark as they should be, and not show noise so easily. I don't shoot a lot of video but I think that HDR mode isn't *always* worth it, even with the exposure correction. For example when filming kids indoors, you might like the color pop that HDR provides, but the video will look a bit darker than a native-SDR equivalent once you send it over a messenger like whatsapp and the HDR is lost. To clarify, it will still look brighter than SDR on your device, even after lowering exposure by 1.5 ticks for HDR. Something else I noticed, though probably niche, - I filmed a concert recently where I went back and forth between 1x and 2x zoom and experienced occasional audio inconsistencies during the videos. This is likely caused by the audio zoom feature, enabled by default. Some might like what it does overall, but the jarring transitions I experienced made it less than ideal. The idea is that it blocks out noise around you and focuses on the sound coming from where the camera is pointed, but sometimes the surroundings would get muffled too much and then pop back to audible. It wasn't terrible, but if I had a second shot at it, I would film the entire thing without this feature.

It drops the video , DONT try

I think the hardware is impressive but they need to change how they tweak things, for example tuning down the exposure at night to avoid blown out highlights in videos which is a very simple fix or take the subject isolation seriously because they can already provide a great subject isolation in Google photos but they don't care about doing the same in the camera app and so on, they are small things but they are not giving that much of a attention to them

​@@IDTRcorrect , the hardware on the pixel 8 pro is very impressive , but unfortunately is the processing that Google comes up short with, I'm currently using the 8 pro and to be fair have no complaints about it , great video great content 👍👍

@@1m_megapixels i am using Pixel 8 pro from past few months. my brother is using iphone 12 pro max from past few years. iphone 12 max cpu is way faster than pixel 8 pro cpu. i still feel i should have bought iphone 15 pro or max, all processing is done locally. i don't need to video boost upload and wait for it to process. i feel, no phone can beat iphone videos. my personnel choice preference, i use iphone 12 pro max to take videos eventhough i have pixel 8 pro. i never had pixel, wanted to fell and use. but for sure, my next phone upgrade i will got with iphone. i am not a iphone person, in the past i have used oneplus, samsung and now pixel.

@@jagadeesham8535 this is what I meant by my original post. Better hardware on device trumps processing video in the cloud. Especially considering you don't know what the results will be from said online processing. I'd rather get the results right away on device.

I saw some of these videos and I think they compare the temp file or the 1080p preview file to the processed video and that's why there's a big difference, but if you want to compare 4K30 to 4K30 you have to record twice.

@@IDTR Yeah,that could be the reason. A bit disappointed with the amount of difference they actually showed in the ads and now it's just not worth the time at all.

Or to record with two Pixel 8 pro at the same time.

Many people get dragged in by all the misleading hype surrounding Google's video boost. It shows good potential, but game changing it certainly isn't.

Am expecting it.to improve over time but not bad for the first trial

Thanks for sharing your experience, I also really like the stabilization of video boost, I will test it even further in more scenarios later

Don't think so, unfortunately.

​@@megamastahBro it looks awesome up close, just zoom in you'll see it clean even though the sign is blown out

Lol, what difference does it make?

@@iagree7388 less distance for your eyes to travel & less time for your brain to interpret the data. It's common sense. You don't play find the difference game and then put something between the 2 photos

yup agree for that✨

Definitely. But pixel has improved a lot this year. Video from it is definitely in top 5 now.

Yes I agree. iPhone top in video! Pixel 8 pro is the next best

Android means? You should tell the name of pixel here instead of Android

Don’t agree. Everything is better on the iPhone.

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I share the same opinion.

Exactly ,I felt the same and I felt 15 is almost struggling to focus

I think he can be the best judge of that since he is in the environment, especially because he uses the word “natural”. I can see how he comes to that conclusion, as it looks like video boost is trying to take too much details from the shadows which is giving its darker elements, a washed out appearance.

Am not sure if they also use the 1080p

No you don't. You are seeing real life differences and not the misleading hyped up 'results'. Don't get me wrong though, Video Boost has great potential and can only get better.

@@neilmcguinness4422 so even on a bigger, better screen, the difference is just a bit brighter and slightly denoised video? I'm not really complaining, I actually really like the video from my Pixel but I'm just curious when I would want to use video boost specifically.

Haven't seen anyone comparing it to iphones till now

Am using original quality backup

​@@IDTRfair enough, Thanks for the video. The iPhone remains the King in Smartphones when it comes to video.

if you like photos and videos made from dark to daylight then Pixel is fine - BUT they are FAKE photos and videos - not true to life

​@@eulehund99king of those ugly warm colours

Yes

I don't want Google do this post processing on mobile device. It defeat the purpose of cloud processing technology and waste mobile phone battery.

​@@tuapuikiaSo by that reckoning you are happy paying money for a device with an inferior chipset?. For what you are paying your device should be capable of carrying out AI improvements and enhancements on the device itself.

@@neilmcguinness4422 I have 1tb google one subscription with unlimited 5g internet.

@@neilmcguinness4422 finally someone who gets it.

@@neilmcguinness4422lol video boost obviously requires a ton of processing power, not even Apple silicon is efficient enough to do that much work with 5000mah

I think adding more contrast to morning videos will make it so much better

I did it a long time ago, the video is still available to watch

Glad you liked it, yes I am expecting future improvements too and it's not bad for the first trial

@@IDTR yes there is chance of improvement. With each update it ll get better.

Most of the time the S23 had the best clarity

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You can't use HDR when using Video Boost

​@@JayD_5446 You absolutely can 😅 I never use video boost without HDR

@@franciscoreyes4067 then I believe you don't understand what Video Boost is lol. You literally cannot turn on HDR10 when you turn on Video Boost. Once you turn on Video Boost on the 8 Pro, it automatically turns off HDR10.

@@JayD_5446 nope, maybe your pixel is broken :(

@@franciscoreyes4067 👍🏻 yes, I'm sure that's what it is.

The quality of the video one can get by manually grading log from an iphone is hugely dependant on their experience in this field, and there is basically no skill ceiling. Google chose to make processed log something all of their users with enabled devices can access, rather than it being something only a few ever try and the rest just marvel at by watching videos of it. Hopefully they address some key weaknesses in the future. It's even quite possible that they bring this feature down to some non-pro devices when they've polished it more, making it so limited now just to avoid getting criticism from quite as many users.

@@Maxoverpower Dafuq? There are plenty of apps that let every noob color grade footage without any knowledge. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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if u want video go for iphone,but if u want photo with best overall experience go with s23 ultra Note:if u want to choose s23 ultra i think you should wait for s24 ultra

Go for the iPhone no brainer

​@@Short_N_Simplewhat about pixel 8 pro video ?

No doubt the iphone...the quality is just something else. Just look at the ois. Plus camera leaning apps are much better optimized for iphones. But the stills on pixel and sammy are amazing.

1st point clearly answered in the video, this temp file doesn't take anything from your storage only the processed video will take from your storage if u decide to back it up. The problem is you're mixing unrelated things to the feature, storage saver doesn't impact this feature, 2ndly the video has to be recorded and uploaded from the 8 Pro as mentioned in the video so, using the Pixel 1 doesn't allow this to happen but may be after you get your hands on the final video then you can send it over to the Pixel 1 and back it up from there

Still . I want to have back up off and manually upload boosted videos and it only chooses storage saver . I want it to be original when clicking on the cloud and ask backup this one . Them I'll try to backup the processed video .