Google unveiled Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 pro yesterday in the Made by Google 2023 event.Search giant launched other products and added a bunch of AI features to Google Ecosystem.
This time Google event is more about AI,Bard and New pixel phone and watch lineup.
New Design
The Pixel 8 and 8 pro looks the same as Pixel 7 line up but it’s more curves this time.All new curved corners and display.Google sticked to the horizontal camera bump from pixel 6 making some tweaks for every new model.
The Actua and Super Actua Display
Google Pixel Display’s are always amazing it’s colors,pixel density and balances very well.This time Google introduced Actua and Super Actua display to Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 pro.Pixel 8 comes with 6.2 inch Actua display with 60-120Hz refresh rate where Pixel 8 Pro with 6.7 inch LTPO Super Actua Display with 1-120Hz refreshrate.Check out more details about Actua and super Actua display from here.
All new Camera Features
There are plethora camera features let’s get into detail of each
Pro Controls
The most awaited feature of every camera enthusiast.Finally pro controls are in google pixel camera but exclusive to Pixel 8 Pro.
It allows you to control ISO,Shutter speed,Focus,Sharpness,White Balance and more..
Best Take
Im very much excited when google shown this feature in the keynote.It’s very useful in day to day life.We take Group photos but everyone is not perfect someone or the other moves their head or shakes head,body or eyes it disturbs whole photo.Google Fixed this by adding a feature called best take which allows you to adjust the face position juts by a tap and selecting face.Google AI shows perfect face which suits the photo.
Audio Magic Eraser
We all know it’s difficult to shoot video in noisy environments.Mostly the video gets spoiled with unnecessary noise.We don’t have high quality mic all the time.Google introduced Audio Magic Eraser with Pixel 8 and 8 Pro.It erases/removes all the noise from the video just with a single click.
Video Boost
This will be available as feature drop in December.Video boost enhances video shooted on Pixel 8 Pro.The 4k 30fps video shooted on Pixel 8 Pro is equal to 1800 HDR images.Tensor G3 is so powerful in processing.Video boost uses cloud processing where the video uploaded to google cloud through photos app and it process the video applying some powerful processing and you can view high quality video right on your phone.The Photos app notifies you when the video is ready.This feature is exclusive to Pixel 8 Pro.
Night Sight Video
Night sight is an innovative feature launched by Google.later everyone followed and introduced on their smartphones as a basic camera feature.
When everyone assumes night sight is only for photos Google launched Night Sight with Video where you can shoot video in low light.This is an incredibly useful feature.
Everyone wants to shoot a city at nights but the video will be either noisy or more with light flares. Night sight video optimises video and balances according to the scene.
While these are some major changes.Take a look at other camera features available on Pixel 8 and 8 Pro.I’ll list them below
- Photo Unblur
- Macro Focus
- Night Sight
- Top Shot
- Portrait mode
- Super Res Zoom
- Motion auto-focus
- Live HDR+
- Frequent Faces
- Dual exposure controls
- Cinematic Pan
- Portrait Light
- Magic Eraser
- Motion mode
- Real Toneᵀᴹ
- Face Unblur
- Panorama
- Manual white balancing
- Locked Folder
- Magic Editor
7 Years of OS Updates
Pixel 8 and 8 pro will get 7 years of OS updates this includes Security updates,Android version update and Feature Drops.
Stay tuned for more updates.join the Google Pixel Community.You can find dedicated forums for each pixel device on this site.
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