The Google Pixel 8 Pro is an important phone for Google. It has upgraded specs, a refined design, and a higher price. And it's worth every single penny.
Google Pixel 8 Pro MSRP $999.00 Score Details DT Editors' Choice “The Google Pixel 8 Pro is fantastic. With an exquisite design, top-notch cameras, and big processor upgrades, it's Google's strongest Pixel yet.” Pros Cons I’ve been really nervous to start writing this Google Pixel 8 Pro review. At the start of each day with my Pixel 8 Pro, I’ve been worried that a bug or glitch is going to rear its ugly head and ruin my experience with the phone.
Although it looks very similar to the Google Pixel 7 Pro, everything about the Pixel 8 Pro’s design is nicer and more expertly crafted. Instead of the glossy glass back we had last year, the Pixel 8 Pro’s rear glass has a matte finish that feels smooth and velvety. It is a bit slippery, but it feels so nice that I honestly don’t care. The corners are also more rounded, allowing the phone to more comfortably nestle itself into your palm.
Google Pixel 8 Pro: screen Google also flaunts its hardware chops with the Pixel 8 Pro’s display. This year’s Pixel offers a 6.7-inch OLED display with a 2992 x 1344 pixel resolution. It’s a similar panel to the Pixel 7 Pro’s, but there are a few important upgrades. Google Pixel 8 Pro: cameras OK, it’s time. Let’s talk about the Google Pixel 8 Pro’s cameras. The Pixel 8 Pro has a similar triple-camera setup compared to the Pixel 7 Pro, and it consists of main, ultrawide, and telephoto sensors. All of them have been upgraded in meaningful ways.
Whether I’m taking pictures of my dog in broad daylight or capturing the ambiance of a dimly lit bar, the Google Pixel 8 Pro makes me confident that I’ll end up with a photo I’m happy with. And the best part is how effortless it is to get these great-looking shots. Point the Pixel 8 Pro at your subject, tap the shutter button, and you can pretty safely assume you’ll get an excellent image.
While it’s not something that fits into the way I take photos with my smartphone, the Google Pixel 8 Pro finally adds a Pro/manual mode to the camera app — offering granular controls for your brightness, shadows, ISO, and more. Something else Google is introducing on the Pixel 8 Pro is the Magic Editor. If you have any photo backed up to Google Photos — not just ones taken with the Pixel 8 Pro — you can use the Magic Editor to erase and move objects/people, change the sky, add or remove portrait effects, and more. Think of it like AI-powered Photoshop in the palm of your hand.
I was initially apprehensive about the idea of changing my photos so dramatically, and I still am. There’s a very real conversation that should be had about using AI to edit photos like this and where we cross the line from minor edits to AI conjuring up a completely false image. It all works fine, but I also have zero idea what I’d ever want to use it for. Google says you can use the sensor to check the temperature of a drink to make sure it’s not too hot or cold or to check the temperature of a pan you’re heating up to cook with. And I guess you could do those things, but I can’t seriously picture myself ever wanting to. It’s a goofy party trick to mess around with for a couple of minutes, and that’s about it.
Face Unlock on the Pixel 8 Pro still works great for getting past your lock screen, but it also works perfectly for all of those other things. I’ve been using Face Unlock on my Pixel 8 Pro to view my passwords in 1Password, approve Google Play purchases, and log into apps like American Express and Chase. It works just as seamlessly as Face ID on recent iPhones or Google’s first attempt at Face Unlock on the Pixel 4.
Google Pixel 8 Pro: Tensor G3 In my hands-on preview of the Google Pixel 8 series, this is where I said things could go horribly, horribly wrong. OK, but what about heat? Previous Tensor chips are notorious for easily overheating, so the Tensor G3 surely also falls victim to this? Thankfully, that doesn’t appear to be the case this year.
Will Tensor G3 remain a reliable chipset over the next few weeks, months, or even years? That’s where Google needs to prove itself, as we’ve seen that Pixels can often get worse with age. I’ll continue to use the Pixel 8 Pro for the foreseeable future to see what its aging process looks like, but in terms of how things stand right now, I’m impressed.
Something else that could use improve with the next generation is charging speed. The Google Pixel 8 Pro supports max wired charging speeds of up to 30 watts, and while that’s technically a small improvement from the Pixel 7 Pro, it’s still quite slow against other Android phones. I plugged the the Pixel 8 Pro in with a fully depleted battery, and the phone reached 12% after 10 minutes and 29% after 25 minutes. To get fully back up to 100% took a little over 90 minutes.
The Google Pixel 8 Pro ships with Android 14, and if you’ve used a Pixel in the last couple of years, you’ll be right at home on the Pixel 8 Pro. Android 14 isn’t a monumental upgrade for the Android platform, but there are some nice upgrades that are great to see. Summarize analyzes the page you’re viewing and breaks down the main gist of it into a few bullet points. It’s a great idea on paper, but it’s also a bit finicky. Sometimes Summarize simply refuses to work. Other times, it gets certain facts from the article or website wrong. It’s neat when it works as intended, but that doesn’t always happen. Read Aloud, on the other hand, has been much more reliable at reading webpages out loud in a clear, easy-to-hear voice.
But the really big software news for the Google Pixel 8 Pro is its update policy. For this phone , Google promises seven years of Android OS updates, security patches, and feature drops. It’s an unprecedented level of support for Android phones and even a little better than what we typically see for iPhone updates.
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