#Pixel8 #Pixel8Pro
Brand new camera features are coming to Pixel 8 and 8 Pro
• Main sensor has been changed to take better night photos with Dual Exposure
• Ultrawide sensor is now bigger with better macro
• Telephoto captures 56% more light (8 Pro)
• Front camera has autofocus
• Augmented Flash in Night Sight for more accurate dark skin tones
• Audio Magic Eraser erases distracting sounds
• Best Take lets you pick the best face of someone using a series of photos
• Guided Frame now works on both cameras, recognizes pets, food and documents
• Magic Editor lets you move/resize objects and change the background
• Zoom Enhance will sharpen the details in photos that you pinched in
Pixel 8 Pro exclusive features:
• Night Sight Video enhances the light in your videos for more details and clearer dynamic range
• Pro Controls lets you tweak ISO, shutter speed, pick lens, focus and take 50MP photos in JPEG and RAW
• Video Boost improves video processing on Google's servers
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Brand new camera features are coming to Pixel 8 and 8 Pro
• Main sensor has been changed to take better night photos with Dual Exposure
• Ultrawide sensor is now bigger with better macro
• Telephoto captures 56% more light (8 Pro)
• Front camera has autofocus
• Augmented Flash in Night Sight for more accurate dark skin tones
• Audio Magic Eraser erases distracting sounds
• Best Take lets you pick the best face of someone using a series of photos
• Guided Frame now works on both cameras, recognizes pets, food and documents
• Magic Editor lets you move/resize objects and change the background
• Zoom Enhance will sharpen the details in photos that you pinched in
Pixel 8 Pro exclusive features:
• Night Sight Video enhances the light in your videos for more details and clearer dynamic range
• Pro Controls lets you tweak ISO, shutter speed, pick lens, focus and take 50MP photos in JPEG and RAW
• Video Boost improves video processing on Google's servers
Follow @PixelHubUpdates
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#Pixel8 #Pixel8Pro
Tensor G3 is even smarter with more features
With the release of Pixel 8, the Tensor G3 runs 2x as many machine learning models on device compared to Pixel 6.
The brand new SoC brings the following features:
• Pixel 8 knows what languages you're speaking while voice typing and lets you switch in multiple languages
• Proofread in Gboard now uses Generative AI to fix typos, grammar and punctuation errors
• Smart Replies in Gboard will now generate a whole sentence for you (December Feature Drop)
• Long press the Power button to read a website aloud (even in multiple languages!)
• Generate a website summary with a tap
• Call Screen that lets 50% fewer spam calls on average with contextual replies
• Upgraded Magic Eraser will now remove larger objects and people without smudging the photo by generating parts of the image
• Recorder will now summarize your audio notes with recaps on your device (December Feature Drop)
Follow @PixelHubUpdates
Tensor G3 is even smarter with more features
With the release of Pixel 8, the Tensor G3 runs 2x as many machine learning models on device compared to Pixel 6.
The brand new SoC brings the following features:
• Pixel 8 knows what languages you're speaking while voice typing and lets you switch in multiple languages
• Proofread in Gboard now uses Generative AI to fix typos, grammar and punctuation errors
• Smart Replies in Gboard will now generate a whole sentence for you (December Feature Drop)
• Long press the Power button to read a website aloud (even in multiple languages!)
• Generate a website summary with a tap
• Call Screen that lets 50% fewer spam calls on average with contextual replies
• Upgraded Magic Eraser will now remove larger objects and people without smudging the photo by generating parts of the image
• Recorder will now summarize your audio notes with recaps on your device (December Feature Drop)
Follow @PixelHubUpdates
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#Pixel8Pro
Pixel 8 Pro's gets a temperature sensor - here it is in use
9To5Google
The thermometer app in the Pixel 8 Pro has multiple materials that it can take a reading of: Food & organic, Beverages & water, Cast iron, Ceramic & glass, Matte metal, Shiny metal, Plastic & rubber, Fabric, Wood, and Walls & windows.
After picking one, you point the sensor within 5cm of the object to quickly get a temperature reading.
In the future, after FDA review and certification, you will be able to measure your body temperature which can be saved in the Fitbit app.
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Pixel 8 Pro's gets a temperature sensor - here it is in use
9To5Google
The thermometer app in the Pixel 8 Pro has multiple materials that it can take a reading of: Food & organic, Beverages & water, Cast iron, Ceramic & glass, Matte metal, Shiny metal, Plastic & rubber, Fabric, Wood, and Walls & windows.
After picking one, you point the sensor within 5cm of the object to quickly get a temperature reading.
In the future, after FDA review and certification, you will be able to measure your body temperature which can be saved in the Fitbit app.
Follow @PixelHubUpdates
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The Pixel 8’s generative AI wallpaper feature is SO COOL!
You can create brand new wallpapers that nobody else has ever seen just by choosing a few topics and colors from some preset options. While you can’t go wild with custom prompts, you still have a ton of choice!
After you create and apply a wallpaper, it’s saved to your device so you can change to it at any time. You can also tap the pencil icon to modify the prompt used to generate it.
The wallpapers you generate have metadata added to them that lists the AI wallpaper version, the prompt used to generate it, the transform matrix, and a “credit” line that says “AI-generated with Google.”
Under the hood, Google’s generative AI wallpaper app uses an AI-generated text-to-image diffusion model to create wallpapers. (I believe at one point it used Parti, but that may have changed.) All the processing is done server-side, so it takes a few seconds for it to work.
The generative AI wallpaper feature is coming first to the Pixel 8. Since it works entirely server-side, there’s no reason it can’t come to other Pixels in a future update, like the upcoming December 2023 Pixel Feature Drop. (It’s being tested on the Pixel 6 & Pixel 7, in fact.)
You can create brand new wallpapers that nobody else has ever seen just by choosing a few topics and colors from some preset options. While you can’t go wild with custom prompts, you still have a ton of choice!
After you create and apply a wallpaper, it’s saved to your device so you can change to it at any time. You can also tap the pencil icon to modify the prompt used to generate it.
The wallpapers you generate have metadata added to them that lists the AI wallpaper version, the prompt used to generate it, the transform matrix, and a “credit” line that says “AI-generated with Google.”
Under the hood, Google’s generative AI wallpaper app uses an AI-generated text-to-image diffusion model to create wallpapers. (I believe at one point it used Parti, but that may have changed.) All the processing is done server-side, so it takes a few seconds for it to work.
The generative AI wallpaper feature is coming first to the Pixel 8. Since it works entirely server-side, there’s no reason it can’t come to other Pixels in a future update, like the upcoming December 2023 Pixel Feature Drop. (It’s being tested on the Pixel 6 & Pixel 7, in fact.)
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The Google Clock app on the Pixel 8 can show weather info for different cities on the home screen! You have to go to settings to enable “local weather on clock” after which you’ll see weather info in the Clock tab as well as when using the “World” clock widget.
Note that the weather information is actually provided by a separate app called “Weather” (package name
This feature might come to the Pixel 5a and later in the December 2023 Pixel Feature Drop, but right now it’s only available on the Pixel 8 series.
Note that the weather information is actually provided by a separate app called “Weather” (package name
com.google.android.apps.weather) and not from the Google Clock app itself. This lets the Google Clock app show weather information without requesting the location permission.This feature might come to the Pixel 5a and later in the December 2023 Pixel Feature Drop, but right now it’s only available on the Pixel 8 series.
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Google started offering free VPN by Google One access starting with the Pixel 7, but they’re taking things a bit further with the Pixel 8 series!
VPN by Google One will now appear as a “built-in” VPN under Settings > Network & Internet > VPN. This will improve discoverability of the VPN that Google provides freely to Pixel 8 users and also make controlling its settings feel more native.
Under the hood, this integration is made possible by a new pre-installed app called
VPN by Google One will now appear as a “built-in” VPN under Settings > Network & Internet > VPN. This will improve discoverability of the VPN that Google provides freely to Pixel 8 users and also make controlling its settings feel more native.
Under the hood, this integration is made possible by a new pre-installed app called
AdaptiveVPN, system overlays that flip the config_advanced_vpn_enabled and config_pixel_vpn_enabled flags, and new code in settings added in Android 13 QPR1.👍11
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Face Unlock on the Pixel 8 series is now classified as a Class 3 (formerly Strong) biometric, which allows it to be used for BiometricPrompt (ie. authenticate within apps) and the Android Keystore.
This means you'll be able to use the Pixel 8's Face Unlock in banking apps and for payment apps like Google Wallet.
By the way, if you want to learn more about how biometric sensors are classified and how Google enforces/verifies these classifications, I made a post for subscribers that dives into this.
This means you'll be able to use the Pixel 8's Face Unlock in banking apps and for payment apps like Google Wallet.
By the way, if you want to learn more about how biometric sensors are classified and how Google enforces/verifies these classifications, I made a post for subscribers that dives into this.
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Google touts the ability to use your phone as a webcam as an Android 14 feature.
However, the DeviceAsWebcam app wasn't in any of the Android 14 DPs/Betas and was only added in the Android 14 QPR1 beta. This means that the feature will likely only be available in the upcoming December 2023 Pixel Feature Drop.
As I previously said, the DAW app isn't included by default when compiling the initial Android 14 release from source, but the source code for the app is there. It's built by default when compiling Android 14 QPR1, though.
The Android 14 landing page says that "you can soon use your Android phone as a beautiful webcam on a video call simply by connecting a USB cable between your Android phone and any Windows, MacOS or Chrome OS computers" (emphasis mine). The footnote says that this is "available on compatible devices in available countries coming soon."
Compatible devices right now include the Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 series on the Android 14 QPR1 beta. I don't know if the Pixel 8 on the UD1A build has it, nor do I know if the Pixel 6/Pixel 7 stable update rolling out today has it either. I also don't know why it's seemingly limited by country? That doesn't make much sense to me.
Here's the source code for Android 14's webcam app. The Manifest tag for android-14.0.0_rXX hasn't appeared yet, but I'm pretty sure it won't include this repo.
However, the DeviceAsWebcam app wasn't in any of the Android 14 DPs/Betas and was only added in the Android 14 QPR1 beta. This means that the feature will likely only be available in the upcoming December 2023 Pixel Feature Drop.
As I previously said, the DAW app isn't included by default when compiling the initial Android 14 release from source, but the source code for the app is there. It's built by default when compiling Android 14 QPR1, though.
The Android 14 landing page says that "you can soon use your Android phone as a beautiful webcam on a video call simply by connecting a USB cable between your Android phone and any Windows, MacOS or Chrome OS computers" (emphasis mine). The footnote says that this is "available on compatible devices in available countries coming soon."
Compatible devices right now include the Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 series on the Android 14 QPR1 beta. I don't know if the Pixel 8 on the UD1A build has it, nor do I know if the Pixel 6/Pixel 7 stable update rolling out today has it either. I also don't know why it's seemingly limited by country? That doesn't make much sense to me.
Here's the source code for Android 14's webcam app. The Manifest tag for android-14.0.0_rXX hasn't appeared yet, but I'm pretty sure it won't include this repo.
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#PixelWatch2
Pixel Watch 2 gets new straps and a color refresh for existing ones
9To5Google
With the Pixel Watch 2 release, Google introduced three new bands and new colorways for current straps.
The brand new straps are:
• Active Sport Band in Obsidian, Porcelain, Moondust, Coral, and Hazel
• Metal Mesh Band in Polished Silver, Matte Black and Champagne Gold. Only compatible with the 2
• Metal Slim Band in Polished Silver, Matte Black and Champagne Gold. Only compatible with the 2
The straps that got a color refresh are:
• Stretch Band in Coral. Bay, Porcelain and Sage
• Woven Band in dark Sage (to replace Lemongrass) and Bay
• Two-Tone Leather in Bay and Porcelain
• Crafted Leather in Blue Moondust
Besides that, there's a Medical ID Tag which slides onto a band to inform others that you have a Medical ID on your watch.
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Pixel Watch 2 gets new straps and a color refresh for existing ones
9To5Google
With the Pixel Watch 2 release, Google introduced three new bands and new colorways for current straps.
The brand new straps are:
• Active Sport Band in Obsidian, Porcelain, Moondust, Coral, and Hazel
• Metal Mesh Band in Polished Silver, Matte Black and Champagne Gold. Only compatible with the 2
• Metal Slim Band in Polished Silver, Matte Black and Champagne Gold. Only compatible with the 2
The straps that got a color refresh are:
• Stretch Band in Coral. Bay, Porcelain and Sage
• Woven Band in dark Sage (to replace Lemongrass) and Bay
• Two-Tone Leather in Bay and Porcelain
• Crafted Leather in Blue Moondust
Besides that, there's a Medical ID Tag which slides onto a band to inform others that you have a Medical ID on your watch.
Follow @PixelHubUpdates
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