Google has lastly made the Pixel 8 collection flagship collection official. This succeeds final yr’s Pixel 7 lineup and consists of the Pixel 8 and the Pixel 8 Professional. Each of them arrive with the upgraded Tensor G3 chipset, a 120Hz show, and rather more. Each have the facility of Google AI for dwell translations, improved Clear Calling, straightforward knowledge transfers, and extra. You may try all the small print beneath.
Pixel 8 Collection: Specs and Options
The Pixel 8 collection resembles its predecessor, as revealed beforehand. There’s the identical metallic stip positioned horizontally to deal with the cameras and the mandatory sensors. The slight distinction is that the Pixel 8 and the Pixel 8 Professional have rounded corners.
The Pixel 8 Professional comes with the identical 6.7-inch LTPO OLED show because the Pixel 7 Professional and helps a 120Hz refresh fee, 1600 nits of brightness, HDR, and a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass Victus. The Pixel 8, alternatively, has a smaller 6.2-inch display measurement (additionally smaller than the 6.3-inch show of the Pixel 7) and this time, helps as much as a 120Hz refresh fee. There’s help for 1400 nits of brightness and HDR too. Its predecessor got here with a 90Hz refresh fee.
As for the cameras, the Pixel 8 Professional has seen a serious soar from a 12MP fundamental digicam to a 50MP one with OIS help. That is accompanied by a 48MP ultra-wide lens and a 48MP telephoto lens with as much as 5x optical zoom. You additionally get help for as much as 30x Tremendous ResZoom. The Pixel 8 settles for a 50MP main digicam and a 12MP ultra-wide lens with autofocus. It helps as much as 8x Tremendous ResZoom. Each telephones include digicam options like Photograph Unblur, Magic Editor, Magic Eraser, Audio Magic Eraser, Greatest Take, and rather more.
Beneath the hood, there’s the brand new Tensor G3 chipset with CPU and GPU enhancements and Titan M2 safety coprocessor. That is coupled with as much as 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. Whereas the Pixel 8 will get its gasoline from a 4,575mAh battery the Pixel 8 Professional has a much bigger 5,050mAh battery. You rise up to a 30W quick charger together with wi-fi charging.
The Pixel 8 collection runs inventory Android 14 with 7 years of updates. Each of them include an IP68 score for water and dirt resistance, Face Unlock, an in-display fingerprint scanner, twin stereo audio system, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, NFC, and rather more. One spotlight of the Pixel 8 Professional is that it helps a temperature sensor, as rumored beforehand. However that is for objects and never the human physique.
Value and Availability
The Google Pixel 8 begins at $699 (~ Rs 58,200) and $999 (~ Rs 83,200) and is now up for pre-order within the US. Will probably be up for grabs, beginning October 12. The Pixel 8 Professional is available in Obsidian and Grey colours whereas the Pixel 8 has Hazel, Obsidian, and Rose colorways.
