Pixel 8 Pro: 30 Day Review!

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 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 :)

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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'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

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

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

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.

A.I. features I use the most? I guess it would be AI features that are available when you make phone calls. I know its shocking, these 'photo editors' can still make calls. When I make a call to many businesses, the pixel wakes up and shines!! I wont make a blog of this comment, but trust me, google AI shines very brightly for people who actually use their phone for "phone calls". Google these phrases "pixel hold for me", "pixel direct my call" and "pixel call screen". Warning these only matter to people who actually make and receive phone calls. Are these devices still phones or should we start calling them something else? Because this was a video comparing two "phones", nothing about call quality, call transcriptions, voicemail features. New world eh?

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 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.

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.

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

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