Pixel 8 and 8 Pro: Google unveils the date of the presentation

The Pixel 8 Pro would take advantage of the night mode in video also, for better quality movies even when the surrounding light is low. Google visibly seeks to transpose its photo features to the video.

Pixel 8 and 8 Pro: New, Price, release date, all about Google smartphones

First smartphones to go out on Android 14, the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are the next high -end smartphones from Google. Technical sheet, design, photo improvements, prices and availability: here is all that we know about them.

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• What is the price of Pixel 8 ?
• When the Pixel 8 comes out ?
• Video to know everything about rumors about the next pixel:
• What design changes for Pixel 8 ?
• Smaller screens, but what else ?
• What performances for the Tensor G3 SOC ?
• What autonomy to expect from Pixel 8 ?
• Pixel 8: still great photophones ?
• Android 14 and updates
• Comments

Technological windows of the Android ecosystem, smartphones in the Google Pixel range are eagerly awaited each year. While the Mountain View firm has chosen continuity with its pixel 7 series, after Pixel 6 having revolutionized the brand, the Pixel 8 are expected at the turn. On the program, we are expecting design developments, even more impressive photo and video capacities, and a new generation personalized chip.

What is the price of Pixel 8 ?

We do not yet know what the price of Pixel 8 will be, and it is likely that Google itself has not yet determined the final price of its devices, which depends as much on production as on economic and financial conditions. The pixel not having the same aura as the iPhone or the galaxy S of Samsung with the general public, Google should continue its price control strategy and not enter the ultra premium race. The company is also one of the rare manufacturers known not to market smartphones above the symbolic price of 1000 euros.

This September 6, 2023, the leaker renowned Billbil-Kun revealed on X the supposed prices of Pixel 8, just one month from the official presentation. According to its sources, Google smartphones will be offered at the following prices:

• Pixel 8 (128 GB): € 799
• Pixel 8 (256 GB): € 859
• Pixel 8 Pro (128 GB): 1099 €
• Pixel 8 pro (256 GB): € 1159
• Pixel 8 pro (512 GB): € 1299

If these prices prove to be exact, we would therefore be entitled to a good price increase on this generation of pixel. Indeed, This would therefore represent a higher invoice between 150 and 200 € compared to the Pixel 7.

When the Pixel 8 comes out ?

Google has been respecting the same calendar for many years and it will not be exception. The official launch of Pixel 8 will take place on October 4, 2023. So we can expect availability around mid-October. Last year, the American giant had surprised everyone by revealing the design of the Pixel 7 in May, during the Google I/O conference, a way of anticipating leaks. This year, the Mountain View firm has chosen to put the Pixel Fold and the Pixel Tablet forward. There was therefore no mention of the pixel during the Google I/O 2023 which was held on May 10, 2023.

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What design changes for Pixel 8 ?

In 2021, Google had revised its formula and adopted a very new design, very original, for its pixel 6. The Pixel 7 then resumed the same base and brought some touch -ups. The Pixel 8 will continue in this same path taken two years ago, with some differentiation elements to stand out, including a major modification.

According to several sources, Pixel 8 will be a more compact smartphone than Pixel 7. Are mentioned dimensions of 150.5 x 70.8 x 8.9 mm for the new model, against 155.6 x 73.2 x 8.7 mm for that of the previous generation. We therefore lose both in height and in width, with a slight increase in thickness. To offer a smaller product, Google would simply roar on the size of the screen, which could go from 6.3 to 5.8 inches. A choice that seems surprising: in 2023, few smartphones were equipped with a slab with the diagonal less than 6 inches. Apple has also abandoned its iPhone Mini with the 14 series following disappointing sales of its iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 13 Mini. At the top of the range, only Asus Zenfone 9 comes to mind.

A possible explanation for this decision to make the Pixel 8 more compact would be that we would deal with a transition generation. According to Android Authority, Google should review its strategy with the Pixel 9 series by launching three models: a pixel 9 as compact as the Pixel 8, a 6.3 -inch POXel 9 Pro as was Pixel 7, and finally a Pixel 9 Pro Max taking over The dimensions of the 7 pro pixel (6.7 inches).

The Pixel 8 screen would be completely flat and surrounded by finer edges than on the pixel 7. While the trend of flat slices returns to other manufacturers, those of Pixel 8 should remain very rounded and bulging. The front camera is housed in a punch positioned in the screen axis. On the back, the famous horizontal photo block which makes all the peculiarity of the last pixel is there, and should not evolve much compared to that of the Pixel 7.

The Pixel 8 Pro also benefits from a design overhaul. It would measure 162.6 mm x 76.5 mm x 8.7 mm, a loss of a few mm for each side, and its screen would come closer to 6.52 inch than 6.7 inch Pixel 7 Pro. The screen would no longer be curved, but flat, as on the standard model. In addition, the smartphone and in particular the corners of the device are much more rounded, when the Pixel 7 Pro adopted a rectangular shape. The island housing the photo sensors on the rear panel also undergoes some modifications: the three main optics are now grouped in a pill, with the flash LED and a fourth module on their right.

The publication of photos caused a doubt concerning the presence or not of a port for physical sim card. This suggested that the pixel 8 would only be compatible esim. Fortunately, a reliable source reassured everyone by saying thatThere would be a SIM port on both models.

One as the other, smartphones are certified water and dusts according to the IP68 standard. They consist of an aluminum frame as well as a facade and a glass back. Biometric authentication is ensured by an optical fingerprint reader under the screen.

In addition, a leak made it possible to discover in preview all the wallpapers which will be offered according to the various variations of the Pixel 8. Internet users can thus download no less than 16 “wallpapers” which also give us an overview of the different dresses in which the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will be offered.

This September 6, Google also mistakenly revealed all the colors of the Pixel 8 Pro before its launch. Thus, the Premium smartphone will be offered in three different colors called Licorice, Porcelain and Sky. Behind these names hide a light black, a grayish white and a light blue.

Smaller screens, but what else ?

As we have just indicated, the screens of the mobiles in the series will be smaller this year: 6.16 inches for the Pixel 8 and 6.7 inches for pixel 8 pro, a drop for the first city and an identical screen for the second. Given the new diagonal of the device, the resolution will be slightly higher as well as. The Pixel 8 Pro would enjoy a definition of 2992 x 1344 pixels, less than the HD+ quad (3120 x 1440p) of the Pixel 8 Pro.

This drop in display quality will achieve better balance with the refresh frequency, which reached up to 90 Hz on the pixel 7 and up to 120 Hz adaptive on the pixel 7 pro. The Pixel 8 will finally be 120 Hz compatible, and the new screens will make it possible to reach brightness peaks of 1400 nits on the classic model, and 1600 nits on the Pixel 8 Pro.

What performances for the Tensor G3 SOC ?

Unsurprisingly, Google remains faithful to its own fleas, based on the architecture of Samsung, for its smartphones. The Tensor G3 of the Pixel 8 is a revisited version of the Exynos 2300, an SOC which is currently on board any smartphone. The chip benefits from a Samsung 4 nm LPP engraving, Against 5 nm for the Tensor G2, which should contribute to better energy efficiency. The layout of cores 4+2+2 has been replaced by a new unusual configuration comprising 9 cores (four small cortex-a510 clocked at 2.15 GHz, four cortex-a715 at 2.45 GHz and a cortex-x3 at 3.0 GHz)). GPU side, this time we will find a chip Arm Mali-G715, with 10 hearts (against 7 previously on the G710)

It is likely that the Tensor G3 is less powerful than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, the best Soc on the market currently that equips many high -end smartphones in the first half of 2023. But Google has never tried to be the first on raw power and prefers to bet on optimization, software and artificial intelligence to pull out of the game. The Tensor G3 should also use a particularly efficient NPU to boost all the features linked to AI. Added to this is the integration of FO-WLP, a Wafers packaging technique that provides better heat management and better energy efficiency. In other words, the Pixel 8 will heat less and be faster.

In terms of video encoding and decoding, the Tensor G3 should make significant improvements. The MFC (Multi-Function Codec) block now supports the 8K30 Hot Decoding/Video encoding in H.264 and HEVC, offering a higher definition and a more fluid video reading. In addition, the “Bigocean” video decoding block has evolved to become “Bigwave”, taking care of The AV1 codec up to 4k30.

Samsung’s 5G G5300 Modem G5300 should be in charge of Pixel 8 connectivity. This component is already in the terminals of the Pixel 7 series. On the memory side, the most muscular configuration will reach up to 12 GB of RAM, and we should have two variants at 128 and 256 GB of UFS 3 storage.1 for each model.

What autonomy to expect from Pixel 8 ?

As always, it is advisable to wait for the first tests of smartphones to get a precise idea of ​​their real autonomy, as it depends on optimizations and different factors. The transition to a finesse of engraving of 4nm should theoretically lower the energy consumption of Pixel 8 and therefore increase their autonomy.

The Pixel 8 should this time bet on a battery of 4485 Mah, Against 4270 mAh for the previous version. On the side of the Pixel 8 Pro, the smartphone will be equipped with a 4950 mAh battery, A little more than the previous 4926 mAh. Autonomy should therefore be slightly higher.

In terms of load power, you should not hope for miracles, Google is one of the conservative manufacturers on this point. Pixel 8 would offer maximum power of only 24W, a little more than the previous 20W. The Pixel 8 Pro will be entitled to 27W, against 23W for the Pixel 7 Pro.

The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are compatible with the wireless recharge, But certification documents given to the Wireless Power Consortium suggest that Google’s smartphone will not benefit from the advantages of the Qi2 standard. In terms of speed and load power, there will still be nothing to declare on the side of the pixel, too bad.

Pixel 8: still great photophones ?

The Google Pixel are renowned for their excellent photography capacities, and the Pixel 8 should put the bar always higher. On the renderings of the Pixel 8 pro which leaked, we see a fourth optics, which did not exist on its predecessors. The bets are launched as to its role in the device of the device, which already includes a main sensor, an ultra-angle and a telephoto lens. Everything suggests that it will be a temperature sensor, making it possible to replace a thermometer to measure your body temperature.

The two smartphones could support a New type of HDR capture, said staggered. This technology uses a long exposure and then a short exhibition. The rolling shutter effect applies to the sensor a swipe from top to bottom, which allows you to trigger short exposure even though the long exposure is not completed. This technique makes it possible in particular to generate fewer artefacts in moving HDR scenes, since there is only one frame to manage. Currently, Google HDR is created by taking a succession of photos on the fly, which are used to reconstruct a large dynamic range image.

What is interesting is that the main photo sensor of the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, the Samsung Isocell GN1, does not support HDR staggered. This means that Google should change the most important optics of its mobiles for Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. However, the Leaker Ice Universe claims that the Pixel 8 Pro will be equipped with the Samsung Isocell GN2, a 1/1,12 inch sensor, much larger than its predecessor.

This was finally confirmed by an Android Authority leak. The Pixel 8 and 8 Pro will both use a 50 Mp Samsung GN2 as a main camera. It will be accompanied by the same Sony IMX386 of 12 megapixels, but it will be slightly wider with a field of vision of 0.55x. It is especially on the side of the Pixel 8 Pro that we will find the most new products. Google would intend to use the 64 megapixel Sony IMX787 sensor, the same that equips the main camera of the 7a 7a. However, we will always find the same Samsung GM5 periscope of 48 Mp offering a 5x optical zoom zoom. The trio will be accompanied by a TOF VL53L8 8 × 8 sensor in order to “make autofocus much more reliable ”, as well as a brand new temperature sensor.

An update of the Google Camera application suggests that the Pixel 8 Pro may be entitled to a Improved night mode Thanks to Super Res Zoom technology, introduced on the pixel 7. The technique consisting in taking the photo of the same scene with two sensors at the same time and then assembled by artificial intelligence and thus obtaining a more detailed shot would be transposed to night mode, very useful when the light conditions are not optimal.

The Pixel 8 Pro would take advantage of the night mode in video also, for better quality movies even when the surrounding light is low. Google visibly seeks to transpose its photo features to the video.

This generation could benefit from another option launched with the Pixel 7, but enriched. The latter have a photo deflowing function, which saves the shots taken on the spot or with a failed focus. The Google Photos Application Code tells us that the Pixel 8 could deflect the videos in addition to the photos. It will also be possible to apply a number of filters on your videos to give them a more marked style.

Following various leaks and a survey sent to several “Pixel Superfans”, we learn even more about new photo/video features of the Pixel 8. For example the Eraser audio which erases the annoying background noises of the videos. Or theAi photo merging Using artificial intelligence and described by Google: “Create the perfect team photo by merging the best shots of each with your phone AI technology, so that everyone looks in shape. Do not worry if someone is distracted during a group photo, the AI ​​of your phone can always take a perfect group photo ”.

Android 14 and updates

The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will be the first smartphones to be released natively under Android 14, the next major version of the mobile operating system. In addition to strengthening security and various optimizations, the update will provide new features and design changes.

On the program: a gesture of predictive backwards, the anti -antive support of the AV1 video codec, compatibility with the NTFS file system, blocking obsolete applications, better management of authorizations, a new (still) volume controller and good others. As we can imagine, buyers of Pixel 8 and 8 Pro will benefit in preview of exclusive features, such as improved magic eraser, which will not only erase the areas of an image, but also the audio parts unwanted in a video.

Google is working to improve the Call Screen functionality which made its debut on the Pixel 3 in 2018. For this, Google will in particular have resorted to AI, which he has put a lot forward since the introduction of Bard a few weeks ago. We therefore expect the conversational AI to be capable of Better identify the interlocutor that Google Assistant could not do on the next Pixel 8.

Generally, Google also reserves functions exclusive to its new pixel. This could be the case with the deflowing of videos with Google Photos mentioned above, as well as Satellite emergency calls, A service on which the Mountain View firm has been working for months.

Google promises at least Three major Android updates as well as five years of monitoring of safety and corrective patches for its pixel smartphones. According to a source, the firm would like to go further by offering more than 4 years of major updates. So many arguments which, put end to end, explain the growing popularity of Google Pixel. The series has become the third brand of the most popular Android smartphones in North America, and it winds like hotcakes in Japan.

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Pixel 8 and 8 Pro: Google unveils the date of the presentation

We now know what date will be presented the Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. The brand shares invitations revealing the information. As expected, the event will take place in early October.

We expected the Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro to be presented in October. It is now confirmed and we even have the exact date of the presentation. Thus, if the Mountain View firm draws its 24 -hour invitation after the revelation of the date of Keynote for the iPhone 15, its next smartphones will not be born only a few weeks after Apple Apple.

See you at the beginning of October for the Google Pixel 8

Google will unveil the Pixel 8 and the Pixel 8 Pro on October 4, 2023. This is what we discover at the bend of a message published by the Youtubeur MKBHD on Twitter/X. It is above all the visual that he shares that interests us. It is indeed an invitation to an event that will reveal ” The latest innovations in our Pixel devices portfolio »». And this message is accompanied by the written date in very large.

Doubt is therefore no longer really allowed.

Note, however, that the exact time of the start of the conference is not indicated in the invitation card, not even in a Use -UNIQUian spindle.

Google Pixel 8: Pagaille leaks

Finally, we should unfortunately prepare for an increase price of Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.

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Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro: release date, price … everything we know about Android’s iPhone

The Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro should get out of the wood in October 2023 as their predecessors. Until then, rumors make it possible to constitute a fairly precise idea of ​​the smartphones of the Mountain View firm. Design, photo modules, price. We take stock of everything we know about them.

Each year, the Google Pixel strives to place the bar both very high in terms of photo quality and relatively low price for a smartphone of this quality. A fine balance that allows Google to position itself as one of the market references without multiplying sales. Based on rumors and articles published by our colleagues and sisters, let us look at what these pixel 8 reserve us reserve.

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Design and screen

From the Pixel 6, Google has passed a CAP at the design level, abandoning the minimalism of the first pixel for a much more visible and assumed look. The Pixel 7 refined this look, and it would seem that Google does not want to change it either on the Pixel 8.

Visuals shared by Onleaks, a leaker whose reliability is no longer to be proven, allow us to form a first idea of ​​what the Pixel 8 will look like. For the pro, three main changes must be noted:

• The screen would be flat and no longer curved, which would avoid ghost support;
• The contours of the screen would be rounded, but a 6.7 -inch slab would be kept;
• On the back, at the level of the photo block, we see that we would pass on a single bubble to house the three cameras, where the Pixel 7 Pro included two bubbles. An aesthetic change above all.

Rendering from Google Pixel 8 // Source: Onleaks x Mysmartprice

3D rendering of Google Pixel 8 Pro // Source: Onleaks x SmartPrix

The Google Pixel 8 would almost fully resume the design of the Pixel 7 still according to onleaks, but slightly more rounded on the slices. What to hope for a little more pleasant handling. This would also force the angles around the screen to round somewhat, but the phone would go to a slightly lower size of 6.17 inches.

In addition, according to Android Authority, The Pixel 8 would pass on a 120 Hz screen. In addition, the two models would offer a lower refreshment, up to 10 Hz for the Pixel 8 and 5 Hz for the Pixel 8 Pro. And for the anecdote, the Pixel 8 Pro even appeared on the Google site before the time. Enough to admire him in a person’s hands (even if it’s a staging).

The picture

The Pixel 6 and 7 already count among the photo cadors on smartphone, in particular thanks to a very qualitative algorithmic treatment. According to a rumor which dates back to December 2022 (understanding there that water may have flowed under the bridges since), Google would change the way in which its HDR process works and pass on an HDR+. Clearly, rather than having three separate exhibitions, we would go on five short exhibitions before the shuttering of the shutter, supplemented by a long exposure then.

Also note, the arrival of a feature that could be exclusive to pixel. The famous photo unburur, which allows you to deflect a photo, could now apply to videos according to 9TO5GOOGLE. In addition, Google would introduce a functionality entitled Audio Magic Eraser, capable of removing parasitic sounds from a video.

In addition, the main pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro sensor would go from Isocell GN1 to the ISOCELL GN2. The main benefit would be a larger size, which would make it capable of capturing up to 35 % more light and which would increase the shutter speed.

Performances and autonomy

On the performance side, the Pixel 8 would be unsurprisingly equipped with a Tensor 3. This “homemade” sock would actually be, according to Sammobile, An exynos 2300 from Samsung revised and corrected. It would offer a very high performance Cortex-X3 (3.09 GHz), four high performance cores Arm Cortex-A715 (2.65 GHz) and four high-efficiency Cortex-A510 (2.10 GHz) high-efficiency cores).

Google Tensor G3 would seem to be a real major update. It would be the first phone capable of encoding in AV1. He would also sign the transition to the UFS 4.0, a performance gain of 50% compared to the UFS 3 standard.1. Android Authority also reports the probable arrival of a new DSP.

For autonomy, the battery capacity would drop from 4270 mAh to 4,485 mAh on the Pixel 8, which represents an increase of 5%. The Pixel 8 Pro would go to 4950 mAh, an increase of 24 mAh of nothing at all. The load would evolve just as modestly: 24 W on the Pixel 8 and 27 W on the Pixel 8 Pro.

We also allow ourselves a word on the software part. The Pixel Experience interface will obviously always be there, but software monitoring should improve to allow better longevity.

Price and release date

The question of the price remains unanswered. Last year, when all brands tended to increase their prices on the basis of inflation, Google surprised its world by maintaining the pixel 7 and 7 pro at 650 and 900 euros, thus retaining an aggressive price. Will it be the same on the pixel 8 and 8 pro ?

A first leak gives us a little idea. In the United States, according to the Leaker Yogeh BRAR, the Pixel 8 is negotiated at $ 650, an increase of $ 50. To see if this will affect the European Prize.

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