I was DEEP in the apple ecosystem, found it hard to get out of it when switching to Android. Then bought the P8P, decided to go cold turkey and sell every apple product i have except the TV and i havent missed it as much as I thought other than when I need the apple TV virtual remote when i cant find the physical one. LOVE the pixel asthetic, layout and google assistant. My work is heavily tied into google too and i often need to use my work MacBook so the fact google doesn't have a walled garden makes it a clearer choice imo. Very glad i made the switch

In the face unlock settings, you can enable "lift to wake" and "skip lock screen". That way you don't have to tap to wake and swipe up. Makes it a more seamless experience using face unlock.

Such a great phone, I am in the same boat. I own both of these phones and I use 90% of the AI features with the other 10% being the photo AI features. I would rather embrace the imperfect moments rather than manipulate them

I'm going on a little over a month with my pixel and the AI feature I use most is best take and read article.thanks for the video I really enjoy your content keep up the great work

You can bypass the lock screen for Face Unlock. In the Face Unlock settings just toggle on Skip Lock Screen. As for photos and videos, both received very similar DXOMark scores, separated by only one point.

I wish you wouldve talked about thr battery. Its a key factor for a lot of people and yo know how it actually holds up wojldve been helpful. Overall decent video

Impressive, excellent review. I felt you had an open mind about both devices.

Magic eraser is by far the most useful for me, no longer do I need to wait for people in background to clear, i can just remove them after

I switched to the pixel after using iPhones for 12 years. I always used a Mac, loved when they introduced that calls could be transferred to my Mac. I have an iPad and and apple watch too. But, I got bored. The iPhone felt so monotonous to me at one point. So, I started using my iPhone 11 Pro with a new Pixel 6. I stopped using my iPhone after a few months, then. So I used a pixel 7 now, and planning to upgrade to 8. Honestly. it’s better than the iPhone in a lot of ways. I love that calls don’t show up on my Mac and on my watch. I continue to use the iPad, the Mac, the watch and the phone as separate devices. I feel that I feel mentally less cluttered than I did when I was using all the devices in sync. A closed platform is a problem only if you let it be. Yea, it’s hard to get uber notifications on Apple Watch, but man the plain watches are so much more cooler. Reading on iPad is good when you don’t get constant messages, calls from your phone there. Using your laptop is good when your phone is really away. That’s my experience. As I said again, I am planning to switch to a pixel 8, not an iPhone. Oh yea, saved money helps, too :)

A 30 Day comparison with the Pixel 8 would be very interesting. Especially battery wise

I've had the 8 pro for about a month now and it's the best phone I've ever used. Its so damn smart and works the way I want a phone to work. Some of the photo features are out of this world.

The photo unblur feature is extremely impressive. It even works on imported photos that were taken with other phone brand.

I like how you said its more of " a learning experience" than a Gimmick becasue they are indeed useful, for me the WebPage Audio is such a great feature. Never thought how useful because i never imagined it in a phone , but now to study and hear what im reading is just WOW!!.. I do use those AI Camara features tooo, the portrait feature is better than Iphone's but yeah i think this will get better and people will start to use this more and more , i would like to see AI calculator features :) you didnt mention the CALL AI features which there are 2 that i do now use. The 1800 feature, and the Assistant as a HOLD or answerin machine, my sugestion is , to anyone who buys this, go thru the demo, it explains every feature .

I loved this phone so much. I was ready to switch from iPhone to the 8Pro but after two weeks I had to return it because of massiv overheating. But maybe I will buy it around new year and go for it again. It is one of the best phones I have ever used.

great content Josh!

The eco system of Apple is by design to just keep you in Apple. Nothing Apple is doing is innovative. I love all the new features that Google provides. I wish everyone in the US would just get on WhatsApp and be done with this green bubble/blue bubble BS.

actually in the settings you can change the face unlock to skip the lock screen and not require eyes to be open, and I've tested this with sunglasses on and it works just as well as without, only thing it struggles with is low light environments

I have Pixel 8 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro. I think the Pixel 8 Pro the best phone on the market. Don't care about benchmarks, the Pixel is smooth as iPhone in every day use. With Apple supporting RCS soon, there's no reason to buy an iPhone.

Great review however you can skip having to swipe to unlock when using face unlock in the face unlock menu. 👍

I like your style of reviewing things with a battery. Haha. I subscribed! 😉

The thermometer sensor would be of great use of could measure ambient temperature and show it in the weather app.

quality vid as always

ahahahahahaa fully with you on thermometer use case - I am heavy green tea drinker, and this needs around 70 degree Celsius to be brewed correctly - so Pixel's feature matches like a piece of a puzzles :)

to quicker face unlock without swipe up go to settings in face unlock area there is skip lock screen toggle turn on that toggle it will skip the swipe up

You can make the pixel smoother and faster by cutting the animation speed in half in settings :)

Face unlock is now secure enough to use with banking apps, so if you disable tap to wake on the lock screen and disable the fingerprint reader, and enable raise to wake, you can open your phone quickest if you only use face unlock. I've set my phone up this way and it works fine even in low light, and it's quicker than the fingerprint reader.

I always prefer googles science when it comes to photography. Video is on the iPhone side for me. It’s whatever is important to you I guess if the camera is the main thing making you choose between a pixel or an iPhone. The video on the pixel is still excellent especially on the newer phones. For me it’s pixel because the video is excellent and the photos are top-notch. If it’s just iOS versus android well then that’s a tossup whatever ecosystem you prefer. They’re both good.

Nearby share on Pixel has been more useful than air drop. Works all the time for me unlike airdrop

My two biggest gripes is they need to upgrade to a ultrasonic fingerprint sensor and the battery is a bit underwhelming. Other than that, it's been a terrific phone.

I'm actually currently on a Pixel 3 and I'm considering upgrading to Pixel 8 Pro. I feel like Google finally nailed this one. Especially on the RAM side of things. 12GB . I also love the video features like Action Pan. And a really big one is the promised 7yrs of OS upgrade. Hopefully they deliver on that

i use a pizza oven and need to know when the ceramic pizza stone reaches proper temperature. I use an infrared thermometer to do this, so I assume the Pixel 8 Pro temperature sensor would be useful to me.

Pls iPhone users when reviewing an android phone, forget everything you know about a phone. Bc u can do what ever u want on your android phone. For example, you can bypass the swipe with face unlock. It's in the settings. Great review though

The read-aloud feature of Google Assistant is not as good as the Reading Mode app. It can mistake ads' text with the webpage's main contents.

4:36 There is a setting that unlocks the phone completly just by looking at it, so you do not need to swipe.

Great video!

Google's flexibility for productivety itself is a huge features for me, the split screen and built-in AI is very much helpful as I'm just using my phone for very much all the task

For face unlock theres a setting that lets it automatically take you to your home screen as soon as it unlocks making it WICKED fast.

I feel like the 8 pro is slightly difficult to use one handed ..other than that .I love everything about the phone

Call screening is the biggest one for me and it catches spam calls silemtly in the background. I have been using my pixel 6 pro for the last 2 years.

In the face unlock change the setting to skip lockscreen . Also there's a setting for sunglasses too. Fyi . Cheers.

It's an awesome review!!!!!!!

How is the call quality ? Hearing aid support ?

Just ordered my 8 Pro. Was gonna. I fancied it at release time but upgraded my iPhone 14 PM for the iPhone 15 Pro instead and as great as it is I’m bored already and you just don’t get that new phone excitement going from iPhone to iPhone as the user experience is basically the same. I’m gonna miss Face ID and most of all my Apple Watch Ultra as that’s unbeatable but I’ll pick up one of those tiny little Pixel Watch 2’s and give it a go. Not had a Pixel since the 3XL and only Samsungs, and iPhones since

The one huge problem that the Pixel 8's never gets mentioned in reviews is the reception. I just ordered the 8 had it for one day and will be returning it. I have a Galaxy S23 and S21FE and both sitting in my house will get 5g UC with full bars or 90% of all the bars. The Pixel 8 in the exact same spot will not even pick up the 5g. It drops to LTE and 1-2 bars at best. So I did a little research and they are using the same Exynos made 5300 modem as were in the pixels last year. It was disappointing as the Pixel 8's are very nice phones, but I have to have a phone that can get good reception.

I'm a car wash mechanic for a chain and I've already used the thermostat several times. The check equipment and has been awesome

I don't understand the whole eco system thing with apple. Google has implemented an eco system as well. I can nearby share and type on Google messages on my custom built PC running windows. I have google drive and photos constantly synced.

I've my P8P. Simply awesomeness. 💪🔥

Can anyone tell me how good the audio is with this phone. Is it super loud? I love loud speakers do they have awesome sound top and bottom?

Hi bro! Can you give us a review on S23 Ultra?

I just purchased a 8 pro yesterday ☺️

i live in Australia. The price for Pixel 8 had dropped to $999 ( original price $1199) while the Pixel 8 Pro, down to $1300 (original price $1600). Still decidng whether or not to make the switch or wait for the release of the new Samsung S24. Whether to get a bigger phone or a smaller phone. I once over saw someone using a bigger phone on a publc transport, so, a bigger phone is not too great because of privacy reasons - that people can see what you are watchng on your phone. I currently using a really old iphone S6 so I am in desperate need for a new phone.

I had he s23 ultra and the 8pro battery has been great

What about the battery life versus the 15 pro?

bought it just one day ago and playing with "best shot" AI feature for grpup photos which is nice. it might be subjective but i think camera on Pixel 8 pro is better than iPhone 14 pro (the one i used for past 2 years).

Do you need a cover for the phone?

You forgot to mention how good the haptic feedback of pixel 8pro.

Magic Eraser... coz where I live there are a lot of power lines right where you want to take a picture

I've been using Pixel 2XL and from the time the updates has stopped, and the battery life had diminished.... I've been waiting to upgrade. Thought of Pixel 7 pro last year, but heard a lot about heating up issues.... Glad I waited, so with 8 Pro can get 7 years OS updates now :) The only thing holding back for me is the HIGH PRICE IN INDIA @ Rs 1 lakh plus. Just waiting for some price drops and sweet deals to come up hopefully by early 2024 :)

@ronaldpm does the AI can also read manhwa? If yes then I'm switching! 🤣

Having Sony camera, is it necessary to buy pixel 8 pro camera?

There's a bunch of awesome small things that Apple hasn't invented yet that Android already has: app split screen, clipboard manager, a decent keyboard, reverse wireless charging, interactive widgets (g cal widget on Android is A+), customizable home screen, etc. iPhone is like the candy crush of smart phones: looks great, "fun", but not productive.

Hey Josh, why is it that durin the video, the Cellular data is showing ! as if you don't have any signal? Is this a brand new model you opened just or this review, or is it that where you're shooting this, you're not getting any signal

i had a pixel 8 pro but i returned it, only reason is i work outside and i dont have wifi for most of the time, and even if i was using the 4g instead of the 5g the battery would have eventually died after 4-5 hours of usage, which is absolutely not okay for a 1300 euros phone (it was 512 gb version). the fact both the s23 and iphone 15 (even standard one) has almost as twice as the performance didnt help either. im no iphone or samsung fan but google has done a gigantic trash also with the memories, in order to capture proper 50 MP pictures, i had to bring with me a tripod expecially at night time, only because the phone has no good cpu/gpu. i am currently using a 4 year old phone and i bought google one monthly so i still have the magic eraser. I wish google understands that if im willing to buy a 1300 euros phone you dont have to let me wait 3-4 months in order to have all features. ps im sorry for my bad english, its not my language

Best AI phone that you can buy right now!!! Love for the team pixel!!!

What is the difference between this 30 days reviews and 3 days review?

Go to your face unlock settings and turn on the skip lock screen feature!

Switched to the 8 pro from the iphone 13 pro max. It is my first android phone in a while. I still prefer iOS and will probably go back to iphone but the pixel 8 pro is a damn good phone and will last me a while. I don't really use the AI features but they're nice to have.

Try the Video boost or the night sight video

I am currently using the Pixel 7, I changed from a 6 pro for the form factor. But I am tempted to go back to the bigger screen of 8pro. The only challenge I have is damn sheer weight of the phone

Great informational video. What color is that? Porcelain?

You say iPhone takes better low-light pictures, but in the examples rhe p8p was very clearly better 🤔

I switched from a Galaxy S20FE. Pixels selling point for me was the camera features. I find Google Photo intrusive and a pain and no way to simplify it. All apps I used on my Samsung are not built in and face adjustments are not permitted in the AI built in features. Erase was on my other phone plus smoothing facial features and red-eye removal. It takes twice as long or longer to do any editing. All edits go through the cloud and delays a quick fix. The phone is nice but Im so sorry I switched... I have to surrender to Google for 2 yrs. Ugh 😩

Hey. I purchased your color wave background. However it's not working. Says image can't be viewed. I have the pixel 8 pro. Any recommendations??

For years I always have to have the best phone android or iPhone but I never use any of the flagship features it’s such a waste. I only buy them for the quality of the display

You can turn on '' ignore the lockscreen '' so it unlocks the phone directly with face unlock so you don't have to swipe up.

I'm blown away by the ai wallpaper and have yet to try all of the other AI features. It's a short week so I'm gonna tinker around.

didnt know that some people think that the pixels button is cheap and the iPhone is more premium, clearly we have different preferences, but i think otherwise.

Not sure if i get this or the s23 plus ahhhh

It's been a week with my new Google pixel 8 pro. To be honest I am loving it. Jumped from mi11 to Google pixel 8 pro

Pixel's photos are the more natural, iPhone's the more 'enhanced' - like: pre-prepped for online use. Either's pics could be tweaked to look like the other's.

funny thing just saw realme phone (Realme GT5) copy the google vizor design but 2 times bigger, more like a quarter of the size of the phone

I'm Bi-EcoSystems i guess. Wifey and Kids are on Apple Devices - while I prefer Google/Android and I'm always tinkering around Windows/Linux OS for home and work - but kids have iMacs as well (converted running Windows11 full time LOL). We don't discriminate..i suppose -- we even have Amazon's firesticks/Alexas and RokuTV too. And Work Phone is an Issued iPhone tied with personal Apple Watch for IT On-call stuff - but my main personal phone is the Pixel 8 Pro. so that looks weird I guess - Apple Watch while using an Android? Being an IT professional, in a company that decides to do 180 switches on product/services we use and implement - you're kind of forced to adapt to change or be left behind (let go) But over time you just get used it.... what people call "challenges" in getting used to different ecosystems. It's just conditioning honestly, like going on a diet - but we're all creatures of habit I suppose. I'm more curious about AI advancements - and while apple/meta decided to focus on the VR route - Google and M$ have gone AI which has more practical use cases than VR. The Pixel 8 is an early example of it, its not perfect - or fast and there's probably some privacy concerns - but its on the right track.

I’m surprised no one realize that the back of the phone looks like the robot bender from that cartoon.

its been a while since iPhones were in any way better than android. So much more to choose from with android as well.

What about heating issues and how is the cellular reception and battery been when using cellular data???

Apple is a marketing juggernaut. I bought a 13 pro after vowing never again after iPhone 4 and regretted it within a week. Lagging is not something I expected from a $1600 AUD phone. Camera is decent and speakers too but phone is heavy AF. NEVER AGAIN. I've always been a bit wary of pixel build quality but looks like they've finally made something decent.

Your astrophotography pics on the 8 pro are crap? You sure you did it right? Both phones are great but most reviews have the 8pro being superb in astrophotography.

The iPhone is warmer in ALL photos. But.... there is an easy work around if you don't like that.

As a former pixel 5 user, my pixel 8 pro is even louder than pixel 5 when I press the volume button.

I love my 7 pro. The only thing I don't like is the curved display. The 8 pro would be perfect in my hands.

I bought myself an 8 Pro so that i could install and use GrapheneOS. The camera prowess is a bonus.

7:33 looks the on the iPhone the tops looks like grey and it’s black, I find it unbelievable when you all UKpostsrs say but I like the iPhone colour more like WTF’ iPhone over sharpened images and I’m using the iPhone 12 Pro that just fact

YES TO THE COFFEE EXAMPLE!

smooth but it's very slippery phone. viser the island is great. bro wallpeper costs 6$ haha. PIXEL IS PHOTO CHEMP. IPHONE IS VIDEO CHEMP. I DO OWN AND I LOVE IT PHONE JUST HELPS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY YOU MAY EVEN NOT NOTICE.

Those AI stuff and thermometer are just extra features, if u don't want it, u don't need to use it, it's not like they are increasing the price for those things.

How did you remove At a glance?

How

Why do tech reviewers only review the “Pro” versions?

You won't have to worry about iMessage because apple is going to support rcs next year.

LIDAR on iPhone is not a gimmick. It is used for focus, accurate measurements and also by many other third party apps unlike the thermometer on the Pixel.