Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, Image/YouTube/Google Screen Capture
Equipped with updated cameras, new sensors and helpful, useful features, Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are engineered and designed by Google. Powered by the Google Tensor G3, the phones will have a whopping seven years of software updates, including Android OS upgrades, security updates and regular Feature Drops. Pre-order your phone today or buy it on shelf starting October 12. Pixel 8 today starting at $699 and Pixel 8 Pro from $999.
Pixel 8’s comes in satin metal finishes, a polished glass back, the colors Rose, Hazel and Obsidian and a has a 6.2-inch Actua display. Pixel 8 Pro’s 6.7-inch brightest ever Super Actua display sports a matte glass back with a polished aluminum frame and comes in three colors: Porcelain, Bay (looks like sky blue) and Obsidian.
The back of the Pixel 8 Pro, features a new temperature sensor to quickly scan an object to get its temperature which will later when FDA approved will use Pixel’s Thermometer App to take your temperature and save it to Fitbit.
Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro has new camera features enabling unique photography experiences:
Every camera on the Pixel 8 Pro has been upgraded, starting with the main camera that captures better photos and videos in low-light settings. The bigger ultrawide lens delivers even better Macro Focus, the telephoto lens captures 56% more light and takes 10x photos at optical quality, and the front-facing camera now has autofocus for the best selfies on a Pixel phone.
And Pixel 8 has the same updated main camera, plus a new ultrawide lens that enables Macro Focus.
Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro uses special tools, including AI to improve taking photos:
Best Take uses the photos you did take to get the photo you thought you took. To make that happen, an on-device algorithm creates a blended image from a series of photos to get everyone’s best photo.
Magic Editor in Google Photos is a new experimental editing experience that uses generative AI to help you bring your photos in line with the essence of the moment you were trying to capture. You can reposition and resize subjects or use presets to make the background pop.
Audio Magic Eraser lets you easily reduce distracting sounds and noise in your video. This first-of-its-kind computational audio capability uses advanced machine learning models to filter sounds into distinct layers so you can control their levels.
Pixel 8 Pro’s Video Boost, which pairs Tensor G3 with Google’s powerful data centers to apply cutting-edge processing to your videos. It adjusts color, lighting, stabilization and graininess. Video Boost also enables Night Sight Video on Pixel for better low-light smartphone video quality.
Other significant Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro features include a feature for summarizing webpages for key points, read aloud and translate webpages and using your voice to quickly type, edit and send messages- even for multiple languages.
With AI driven Call Screen you receive 50% less spam calls on average. Call Screen will silently screen calls from unknown numbers with a more natural-sounding voice to answer the caller. Later, Call Screen will reply with suggested text for you to tap to quickly respond to simple calls without having to actually answer the phone.
