I love my 8 Pro. I find the battery life a lot better than the 7 Pro in my brief time with it. I’m very happy with my purchase!

Reasons to use thermometer: 1/ A bath for your young ones. Double check temp. 2. Babies milk - as above. 3/ Cooking, check cooked properly. 4/ Elderly family, use to check tea, coffee, soup, etc to make sure it is not too hot. 5/ Check the fridge to see actual temp is correct. 6/ In a fire emergency, check temp of door to see if fire behind it. 7/ poke it out the window in cold mornings to see if you need an extra jumper. 8/ Skating on ice, check for weak (less cold spots). 9/ Meals or hot drinks to check at restaurants and coffee machines to see if cooked or hot enough? 10/ If at work to check your employer is not beaking the law with a lower than expected environment. 11/ If you have pets to check temp if they are not their normal self. 12/ check temp of fish tanks. 13/ Check electrical stuff like plugs to make sure no overheating. 14/ to check windows or doors to see if there is any energy gaps. 15/ Checking temps of stuff like slides on hot days for kids. 16/ check for insulation by measuring inner and outer walls. There are probably many I missed. But it could be useful for some?

The best objective review out of all the big tech KZfaqrs.Thank you 🙏🏽

The one thing that seems to have improved quite noticeably is the video quality. Together with the generally better build quality and the long term support, Google seem to be going the right way with the Pixels

I'm glad I went with the pro. I was a little concerned about the size and while I can't use it one handed. The size isn't as bad as I thought it would be. The camera edge makes the phone much easier to hold. The build quality is really nice, the brighter screen is great, and the long term updates give peace of mind. The watch bundle made the price easier to digest as I wanted the watch too.

Got the Pixel 8 Pro yesterday for me and for my wife. Haven't had a Pixel since the Pixel 4 and I believe this is the one to get. So far so good and we're both loving it.

You're one of the most honest reviewers ... Please don't change ❤

Why would you buy a 1000 dollar phone and run it at such a low resolution....

Just bought the 8a Pro yesterday ...upgraded from Pixel 2a (big jump, but loving it). ... Great vid/explanations & details/demos. Your fam are gonna love those phones !!!

I’m really thinking of trading my iPhone 13 Pro Max for one. It’s a crazy difficult choice for me for some reason. One min I’m like “done I’m convinced” then the next “but I don’t know do I really want one?” And this battle goes on endlessly it seems.

One of the best practical reviews out of the lot! Thank you

Hello Mr TechChap. In these reviews I would like to see camera comparison with 2 or 3 gens behind, as example the Pixel 6 Pro or the Pixel 5. Many people (like me) would rather upgrade every 2-3 years than every year. But I would still understand the choice with comparing only the last gen in future videos. Have a good one, thanks for your videos :)

I think we should now distinguish between "full" and "partial" updates! Yes, Apple gives 5+ years of updates, but has a noticeable tendency to artificially cut features that would be technically possible without problems to give customers a reason to buy the new devices. So, we should judge companies on whether they really deliver full updates (if technically possible) or artificially withhold individual features from older devices.

I'd probably go for the regular Pixel 8. I currently have the 6 Pro, and I wouldn't look into upgrading it if it was reliable. Sadly, it's not, the screen stays black from time to time. But as much as I like the telephoto lens, it's just too big for my taste. The regular Pixel 6 wasn't much smaller, that's why I went with the Pro back then. But now the Pixel 8 finally arrived at a very nice form factor.

I’m a iOS user because of how flawless iPhone work with other Apple devices. However I want this phone so much more than the new iPhone.

it would be amazing if you could use the temperature sensor in conjunction with the cameras to create some really weird sciencey stuff

man i like your reviews, they are honest, simple and straight forward! no bs and that is just cool! thanks for your effort.

Really good review and I think that not having a 5x potrait option sucks as that would look clean af ❤

Great balanced review as always , I picked one up and really happy with it . Most of the bugs of the 7 pro are gone i.e. bad fingerprint sensor, screen issues etc . Sold my 7 pro and been using an s23 ultra for the last 6 months , very close between those two . I prefer the rounded edges and lighter weight of the Pixel , the new screen is brilliant. Will be interesting to see if the battery can get close to the mighty s23 ultra

Nothing on the secure face unlock or mentioning the fingerprint sensor? Both big deals / issues on pixels.

Switched from a S23 Ultra. I never used super zoom outside of a party trick and never touched the S Pen. The smoothness of software and the flawless integration with the free watch makes me an early fan boy!

Mine just came in the mail and I cannot wait to fire it up. Been wanting a premium camera smartphone for quite some time and feel like I made the right decision! The Galaxy A71 that I am upgrading from has served me well with great battery life and durability, but the camera and underlying SOC are so underwhelming that I've stopped taking photos. Looking forward to documenting my life experiences again in proper fashion!!

Am I the only one thats sick of these camera centric reviews? For me im trying to get an understanding of the actual phone (not just the camera). Last year I rushed out with excitement on release day to buy the pixel 7 pro to then after a week get rid of it due to the terrible battery life, bugs with software, overheating issues, terrible display quality amongst a lot of other things. Yet now trying to gauge if Google has actually improved all fixed all those issues all ii get is these you tubers crapping on for 10mins about the camera.

I heard they plan these phones years out, which makes sense to me. If this phone was originally drawn up a little while back when Covid was more front and center, having a thermometer makes sense.

Moved from iPhone 15 Pro to Pixel 8 Pro, no regrets at all. Loving it!!

Good that you pointed out the improved aspect ratio of 20:9 because of the width difference it brings. I still like the squarish corners. So Series 7 is still the better looking Pixel for me.

Ive had mine for a week now. If you're thinking of getting one, do it! Best phone ive ever had!

The best buy I have ever made was the Pixel5. It runs smootly till today, great photo quality, and considering the amount of photos I take having the unlimited google photos storage is exceptional value. Big pity this perk is not anymore with newer Pixels.

The Pixel 8 Pro has improved but it also has some downsides: -The Tensor G3 chip is a little bit more powerful but not that power efficient. -The gimmicky temparature sensor is replaceable by a 3D ToF sensor. - Average battery life and worse than most competitors. - No portrait mode for the 5x telephoto cam. -The launch price is a bit expensive.

Great review. Actually, the best review I've seen for the Pixel 8 Pro!

I'm a midrange phone guy, so I don't think the 8 Pro provides $300 more value than the 8. But considering that you get a free Pixel Watch 2 with the 8 Pro (a $350 value) versus a free pair of Pixel Buds Pro (a $200 value) with the 8, it cuts the gap to $150, at which point I think the value is comparable. I decided to go with the 8 Pro, as I'm hoping the LTPO screen & bigger battery will help with the battery life, all while having the option of a more premium screen & more toys. If Night Sight Video is as good as advertised & the FDA approval for taking temperature of humans passes, I certainly believe the 8 Pro (+ Pixel Watch 2) warrants the +$300 price over the 8 (+ Pixel Buds Pro).

Ok, I want to buy the small guy pixel 8 as I have a small hand🙃, but I want to know if there is any differences in the new software (photo and video editing techniques) between the 2 phones, I mean can you please tell me if there is something missing in the pixel 8? or may be make a video comparing the software of the 2 devices?

So I've been a apple user since the first iPhone (I was 21) since then I've always used apple. I pre ordered my 15 pro and apple watch 9 got them and was bored so I thought about it and when I saw the keynote from Google I was impressed and I preorder the 8 pro and got the pixel watch2. I've been using the pixel 8 pro and pixel watch since Wednesday (they came a day early) and I love them!! I put my iPhone and apple watch away in the box. I think I'm team pixel!

The pixel 8 pro is stunning. The watch 2 runs out fast but the phone with screen at 120 and smoothness on it lasts 2 days. Got 7 hours screen time still at 38%. I started pixel at 4a and whenever been without always went back. Speed isn't the fastest but the features make up for this. Love the flat screen always preferred flat screens. Watching content is crisp and clear. A1 Google your heading in the right direction ⬆️

The most awaited Pixel 8 review 🎉❤ Tech Chap - The Best !!!!

Samsung does not support Dolby vision. Reviewer or influencer?

As usually you always do the best reviews, 10 out of 10.

The temperature scanning feature is designed to monitor your other devices and detect overheating issues, similar to what you might experience with an iPhone 15 Pro Max recently LOL

You are slowly becoming my favorite tech reviewer.

Great review. Highlighted both the strengths and weaknesses. Thank you! Only had my P8 Pro a few days and waiting for the PWatch 2, but would agree with everything said. Love the phone, and love the Bay blue colour, but not sure I'm brave enough to go without a case. Even with the lovely mat back, still slippery.

Call screening sadly doesn't work in all countries. I live in Norway, and it doesn't work here; even if I turn on the English language. Samsung's bixby actually does work. Still just in English, but it has been severely help for me, with spam calls especially.

Gonna get my bay blue next month and I’m so excited 😊

You're a wellspring of motivation! 🌟 - "Love what you do, and the rest will follow."

My pro in Bay is coming Tuesday 🎉😅 I can't wait... Free watch too so I'm happy enough

Could we have more reviews or discussion about the connectivity with a phone, especially the pixel lineup. They are notorious of having a bad modem. A phone is worthless if the connection is not consistent and slow. I want to know how is the modem on this phone. Is it maintaining connection?

Could you do a HP Spectre review by any chance,?

16:04 what do you mean the selfie camera now supports auto focus, did you have to manually pull focus when taking a selfie up to now??😅

Great job of explaining the camera AI and the controversy around it

Great review, once again though we are done over in phone prices here in the UK tho

S23 Ultra switches to a more blueish greenish tint when viewing the screen at an angle as well but iPhone screens don't do that which is interesting

You’re so creative glad ur feeling better

Is it worth to upgrade from Google 6? Or to wait next year for pixel 9?

My 8 pro will be becoming tomorrow. Super excited going from the 6 to 8 pro definitely will test everything

This is my first pixel I can't wait to use it

What kind of lighting do you use for behind your television? I wanna get that lighting. Looks super slick. Great vid too

Well detailed review 🔥 i hope some camera magic would make it to d standard 8 and older pixels with tensor chips. The cat 😺 part is my favorite ❤🥰

I wonder why they downgrade the regular pixel 8 some of us are just looking for a suitable andriod alternative for the iPhone 15pro ... I wish the pixel 8 has that premium feel of the matte back on the 8pro

The selling point for me was the thermometer, lol.

Get well soon! and thanks for the video and speedy recovery!

The video looks so choppy (16:20). I know it’s only 30fps but other shots with movement don’t look this choppy. It’s 2023, I thought we had resolved choppy videos on phones?

Fab honest review, you're my go to reviewer..and local! I struggle with the cost of these, I'm keen on my photography. My present S20FE with optical zoom was the best until it started smouldering whilst charging, any replacement suggestions without the cost ? Of the three Samsungs S2, A41 I've had they have all let me down ...

I had soo many issues with the 7 Pro. Everyday i had signal quality issues. Then one day while i was MILES from home the display decided it was done with. When i took it in for repair the technician said they do a lot of pixel repairs so much so that they cannot keep the parts in stock. The lady in front of me in line was having issues with the pixel 7 screen. The phone was also very hot all the time no matter what you were doing on it. Tensor is inferior to snapdragon processors in day to day tasks.

Thanks for an excellent review. For some reason the pidgeons marching perfectly in rhythm at around 16:21 looks so creepy and artificial to me. Is this because the Google Pigeon March (GPM™) feature is turned on or do they just do this normally?

8 Pro in UK. Generally good but some annoying issues which really deminished the experience for me. Called Google support, they gave up. 1. The wifi calling option is missing from menus. 2. App dots appear but don't populate with numbers of alerts 3. Can't swap back, home, switch buttons at bottom of screen for right/left handed 4. Max grid is 5x5. Why not 5x6 with such a big screen 5. You can't remove 'overview ' on 1st home screen to use for you own widget 6. When on a phone call and walking, there is a 'click' sound in time with each step. I haven't had time to try the settings but it shouldn't do it. 7. You can't reorder home screen pages, you have to move each app icon around However, battery good, screen lovely, camera excellent, photo editing awesome, form factor light and not too big. I'm hoping many of the issues will be fixed in post👍😁

I bought the Pixel 8 Pro this morning, just finished installing it. I would have liked all the features of the 8 Pro in a smaller body since I prefer smaller phones but I am happy with it anyway :)

You did not encounter microstutters with your device? I have them almost everywhere. KZfaq, Twitter, Mastodon, Reddit and more. And for cameras. I experienced a way to contrasty video making things look to dark sometimes which looks unpleasant with Vlogs

Excellent review. I'm watching this video on my 7 Pro with a battery saver warning popping up. I'll be setting up my 8 Pro this weekend, and it'll be interesting to see just how much better the new phone is over the old one.

Awesome review! Did you notice any fluidity issues that is being reported on Reddit? Any frame drops where it didn't on the P7P?

Excellent video Tech Chap - having Motorola Android...Shooting photos with this device and want to use the AI Gizmos of magic erase, dynamic touch up ? - do I need to purchase a Google One / Photo and storage account ? ( From my motorola states this service starts at min £1.90' ish per month ).

Wow the video quality is amazing.

Google needs to update their core apps. Calendar is straight from 1990. Mail is very basic and no universal boxes other than inbox. Also androids PDF game is poor. Gotta get more native PDF editing/manipulation options. Lastly, some Pics when you edit gets saved as a new photo and sometimes it writes over original photo.

See the problem with giving a general "battery life" opinion is reviewers just give a quick I had 27% or I had 30% after a day of usage but never explains about their usage. My first 100% charge is now at 1.5 days and I have 44% left but I do rarely game. Screen is at 50% brightness, Wifi, Data, Blutooth, location all on. 4 hours of screen time, 3 hours blutooth music streaming, about 1 hour is in Pokemon GO. Battery is ok imo, just a bit under what my old OnePlus 7 Pro could do when it was new.

I have the 8 pro and love it so far. It's a bit disappointing that it doesn't have video out over the USB-C. So a Software Update with something like Samsung Dex isn't possible.

Watching your videos jut makes me so happy and sets my mood) I really hope that you and your family are happy in your life.

Can the temp sensor be used for hot-spot indication or IR pics when combined with camera? I'm an engineer and inbuilt ir pics would be a game changer for me.

Don’t buy the 8 Pro if you want a good photo or video experience! The Tensor 3 chip is seriously underpowered, it’s mid-level at best - as a result you'll get slow night sight performance and choppy, laggy video in a real time and in the video files themselves. The hardware cannot keep up with the software requirements, which are quite heavy in the various Google photo and video apps. The battery life really isn’t great in everyday use, especially in cities where towers ping the device regularly. I was getting 8 hours with Wi-Fi scanning and location services switched off. With the Apple 15 Pro Max, I'm getting 13hrs with everything left on. Luckily I managed to get a refund from Google after 2.5mths of use and switched back to Apple (15 Pro Max). The difference in performance and general experience is absolutely MASSIVE...its not even close. Google just isn’t a hardware company, almost every selling point is software. Software can be fixed but hardware can’t, not really. That’s the fundamental difference between Apple and Google, Apple nails the hardware and Google just can't seem to get it right. I'm certainly not an Apple fan boy, but after 10yrs of Android Nexus and numerous Pixel devices, I’m done. Pixel is just not worth the price tag and broken promises from Google any more 👋✌️

I've had the 8 pro for about a month and absolutely love it! I also love the price. I got it free through a promotion by my carrier.

Finally, one more rather honest review beside Marques Brownlee's. Thanks!

Great vid thanks - is the porcelain colour have silver rails or are they like off white/champagne? Thinking of upgrading from P7pro thanks

I do'nt think you can make an argument for the pixel 8. Pixel 8 pro is just overwhelmingly better.

I own many pixel throughout my life. And the fact they simply offer great hardware for the most affordable price kept me with them. But I will refuse to pay over $799 for any damn phone

Loved the unbiased review although i can only afford pixel 7a 😁

I pre order my Pixel 8 Pro and waiting for it. Nice video. Thank you.

The most important tests are often never done which is signal tests and uptime tests. The Exynos modems for the Pixel 6 and 7 had major network issues. Had a Pixel 6 dozens of times a day no signal at all up to 20 minutes at a time on both ATT and T-Mobile even in populated cities around DFW. Same sim cards in a $50 UMX phone didn't have those issues. Got it RMA'ed same exact issue with a different Pixel 6 device inspected. Others had 3+ RMA's and just ended up giving up selling the phone for a loss or traded it in which is what I had to do too. Google only offers to keep doing RMA's. Every review for every phone should do signal DBM comparisons and other tests that are the main point of a phone. I had no signal on both that I physical was there to witness 1-2 hours daily and it did it nonstop randomly throughout the day. Not 5G bandwidth or network unable to make/receive calls/text or use the network. Changed every possible setting that exist flashed the rom's tried Android 14 beta ect. The Pixel 7 also had the same issues. There wasn't a day over the 4-5 month period that I didn't lose signal at least half a dozen times.

Bruv..... The shot with the dove was lit! 🔥 🔥 🔥..... Nice review as always!

Excellent video Tech Chap - having Motorola Android... how good is the 4K Telephoto video shooting subjects in distance - using Optical Zoom at 2x and 5 x ? is it detailed or wash out lane content

4:25 Love that llama cup ❤

Best pixel to date i can see Pixel eventually be the king of Android.

I've pre-ordered the Pro 8 and awaiting it sometime this week.

Just a question. Are all the new features you mention for the 8pro available in the UK ? Or is this video for a US audience.

The only 2 reasons I would get a 8 pro would be: flat screen and brightness, on 7 pro brightness was crap if outside was cloudy

I have the 8pro, and have one major complaint. One of the key features is the magic edit function , however to use this function, you need the have 'picture back up ON'. My free google storage is full and I don't want extra (payed) space. I store my place pictures at home where they belong.

Am really loving the 8 Pro...kind of wish I had the blue now, but the black is cool. Get well soon.

Tom - the best review of the phone I have seen. I have a Tesla model 3 also and my 7 Pro would always randomly stop charging on the wireless pad (I presume this was a temperature related issue). Does the 8 Pro do this for you? Thanks. Matt

Glad you noticed the oversharpening issue with the front camera, my hypothesis is that because of the lack of AF in past models (and base p8) the software it's tuned to compensate the lack of sharpness that implies not having AF, something the P8P doesn't need but that tuning it's still present, for now the best way to use the selfie is to shot RAW, the issue isn't present in raw, but it takes more steps to get the photo obviously, hope google fix this sooner than later.

this is phone is basically for Camera enthusiasts and people who appreciate and enjoy a good vanilla android experience. it is not for heavy gamers and you cannot get 2 days out of that battery. I have been using the 7 pro and iPhone 14 Pro as my primary phones and I do love the vanilla android experience.

I hope they get it right with Pixel 9. This one didn’t excite me enough to switch back to Android. But I am sick of Siri…

Fantastic video. I love this smartphone and I'm sure it will get better and better over time. Excellent work

Great presentation. You touched on all the important points to consider when choosing a phone.

As a long time iphone user I’m definitely tempted to buy Pixel this year ) Thanks for the review, Tom )