1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:06,359 7 years of updates 7 years that is what 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:11,200 Google is promising on their new pixel 8 and pixel 8 Pro Series and I don't mean 3 00:00:08,719 --> 00:00:17,680 security I'm talking feature drops and full OS updates and security but I mean 4 00:00:15,719 --> 00:00:22,480 come on a promise from Google that's kind of like your cat promising to not 5 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:25,359 eat your plants and pee on your stuff in 6 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:30,240 the last 6 months alone Google has killed 11 products and services 7 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:35,200 including YouTube stories their podcasts Google domains and jam board and there's 8 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:41,079 even been broken promises in pixel's past and again the rest of made by 9 00:00:37,879 --> 00:00:43,399 Google 2023 sounded kind of awesome too 10 00:00:41,079 --> 00:00:48,320 like a high-powered Google Assistant I really want to believe them 11 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:51,680 here so all right gosh darn it I'm giving them another chance let's talk 12 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:56,000 about everything they're planning and hope that they've matured enough to 13 00:00:53,600 --> 00:01:00,760 follow through on the plans like I'm going to follow through on my plan for 14 00:00:57,559 --> 00:01:02,640 this segue to our sponsor heter header's 15 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:07,880 newest high performance Cloud servers now have dedicated vcpus which makes 16 00:01:05,320 --> 00:01:13,840 their performance graph look like this it's going up so check them out at the 17 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:15,759 link below and use code lt23 for €20 off 18 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:21,000 the big announcements are naturally the pixel 8 and the pixel 8 Pro this is the 19 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:25,159 third iteration of the big camera bar design that Google introduced on the 20 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:28,759 pixel 6 series and it is well it's still polarizing but hey it's what's on the 21 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:34,280 inside that counts right and Google has packed it in this year their new 120 HZ 22 00:01:31,759 --> 00:01:38,320 actua displays are brighter than ever they can do 30 watt fast charging now 23 00:01:36,119 --> 00:01:44,399 and the 50 megapixel wide angle main shooter gets a new sensor and 10bit HDR 24 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:46,119 photo capabilities both phones are ip68 25 00:01:44,399 --> 00:01:50,680 water resistant making them great candidates for people who get wet 26 00:01:48,479 --> 00:01:57,680 sometimes though there are other options and both get an upfront promise of 7 27 00:01:54,119 --> 00:02:01,119 years of os security and feature drop 28 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:04,320 updates also unlike Apple's new lineup 29 00:02:01,119 --> 00:02:07,880 both Pro and non-pro users get Google's 30 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:09,759 new tensor G3 chipset of course latest 31 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:13,920 doesn't necessarily mean greatest and Google's tensor family of semic custom 32 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:18,959 chips from Samsung have been a source of frustration for Pixel users due to their 33 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:23,599 lackluster performance compared to apple and their sometimes thermal issues this 34 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:28,360 time around they're using Samsung's 4 nanometer process with four little cores 35 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:34,800 four medium ones and then a single high performance cortex X 3 unlike the G2 36 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:38,319 whose main claim to fame was better AI the G3 looks like it will have 37 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:43,200 significantly more performance on top for CPU intensive tasks games and okay 38 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:48,120 well if Google's Focus during the event was anything to go by mostly still AI 39 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:51,840 but that's not a terrible thing necessarily in fact one of the 40 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:55,879 highlights of the event was the improved audio cleanup features clear calling 41 00:02:54,239 --> 00:02:59,400 background noise removal is better than ever with updated training models I'm 42 00:02:57,599 --> 00:03:02,560 going to be ready to come out and join everybody for for dinner so are you 43 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:07,440 still thinking of trying that place on 63rd and audio Magic Eraser is a new 44 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:12,159 video editing feature that removes unwanted background noise from say that 45 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:18,400 clip of you showing off your Funko Pop collection with the uncomfortable 46 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:18,400 breathing noises the demo really was 47 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:29,120 impressive but it was also pre-recorded 48 00:03:26,879 --> 00:03:33,200 and obviously designed to show it in the best possible light but according to 49 00:03:31,159 --> 00:03:37,599 Google this new chip will enable all kinds of new on device machine learning 50 00:03:35,439 --> 00:03:42,959 capabilities thanks to its support for more concurrent AI tasks and its support 51 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:48,360 for learning models that are 10 times the complexity of the pixel 52 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:51,080 6 I do have to say that Google's lack of 53 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:55,079 focus on the new chipsets CPU and GPU performance does make me wonder if the 54 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:58,920 onp paper improvements we talked about before will translate to the real world 55 00:03:57,239 --> 00:04:03,120 but maybe our upcoming ShortCircuit unboxing in first Impressions will give 56 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:06,200 you a better idea of what to expect head on over there and subscribe if you 57 00:04:04,599 --> 00:04:11,720 haven't already for now I guess we'll talk about AI some more best take looks 58 00:04:09,159 --> 00:04:15,040 kind of awesome to be honest in the past you could take a burst of pictures and 59 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:21,120 Google would recommend the best one out of the lot but that was then and this is 60 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:24,240 now now you can mix and match the best 61 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:26,560 faces for each individual creating a new 62 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:30,440 best shot where your aunt who always blinks and your ADHD nephew both look 63 00:04:29,280 --> 00:04:34,800 their best however unrealistic that might be they 64 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:38,479 also spoke of improved real tone that allows for better color grading on 65 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:43,120 different skin tones except for that last guy they showed whose forehead and 66 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:46,680 eyes kind of completely disappeared points for improvement and honesty I 67 00:04:44,759 --> 00:04:52,320 guess Google but it's clear that there is still work to do um you can pinch and 68 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:56,880 Igan the main focus of your photos now kind of like selecting a sticker from an 69 00:04:54,000 --> 00:05:00,080 image on iOS oh and there's video boost which will allow you to upload your 70 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:06,000 videos to Google's data center where they can be processed for improved HDR 71 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:08,039 and for night sight If Video night sight 72 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:12,440 is anywhere near as good as Google's already Stellar night sight for photos 73 00:05:10,199 --> 00:05:17,199 then I'm very excited for its launch later this year or at least I would be 74 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:23,800 if I poned up the extra $300 for the pixel 8 Pro cuz video boost isn't coming 75 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:26,080 to non-pro users at least not now and 76 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:31,120 what's never coming is the better camera system with matching 50 megap main 77 00:05:28,759 --> 00:05:38,000 Shooters neither NE the 8 nor the 8 Pro are going to look bad but the pro gets 78 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:42,600 an additional 48 mapix 125 1/2 Dee Ultra 79 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:44,520 wide camera and a 48 megap 5x telephoto 80 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:49,319 camera both with Optical image stabilization and quad pixel phase 81 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:54,160 detection which has benefits like faster more accurate autofocus and improved low 82 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:59,039 light performance and not only will it take better pictures but the 8 Pro might 83 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:05,280 display your pictures better as well it's super actua display is not only 84 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:07,400 larger it is denser brighter and has a 85 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:13,360 wider variable refresh rate range thanks to its ltpo OLED display in real world 86 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:17,039 terms this Tech should offer both power savings and improvements to Peak 87 00:06:15,319 --> 00:06:22,440 brightness with the eight Pro hitting a claimed 88 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:25,479 2400 nits and ironically we have apple 89 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:28,080 to thank for it so uh good job on ltpo 90 00:06:25,479 --> 00:06:31,520 Apple the larger size of the pro variant also allows for a larger battery though 91 00:06:29,919 --> 00:06:35,599 Google claims that both models will deliver an identical experience for 92 00:06:33,599 --> 00:06:40,599 battery life and then finally in what was Far and Away the biggest curveball 93 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:45,039 that we saw today the pro also has a temperature sensor you know what I love 94 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:49,360 it I don't have any idea what I'd use it for yet but to make sure that the milk 95 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:53,280 in your baby's bottle is just the right temperature but in a world where phones 96 00:06:51,639 --> 00:06:58,000 keep losing Nifty features like headphone Jacks and IR blasters I think 97 00:06:55,720 --> 00:07:02,680 this is a great addition even if it'll probably go away in the next pixel 98 00:06:59,639 --> 00:07:04,360 because you know Google things moving on 99 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:09,800 from the new pixels let's talk about the version of Android that'll run on them 100 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:12,080 it's Android 13 wait no sorry it's 14 101 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:19,000 but my goodness does it ever look a lot like 13 uh okay well there's 102 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:21,080 customizable lock screens woo um new 103 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:25,360 clocks and widgets and we also get the ability to make shortcuts to specific 104 00:07:23,319 --> 00:07:30,039 apps and controls I mean to be clear these are all nice things it's just that 105 00:07:27,479 --> 00:07:32,919 they aren't exactly exciting especially when you consider that some of these 106 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:37,520 features have been present on competing Android devices 107 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:39,400 for time uh you can create custom 108 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:45,680 wallpapers using text to image generative AI though which is not nearly 109 00:07:42,879 --> 00:07:50,639 as interesting as the amazing looks you can create using LTT Store.com how about 110 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:54,120 the Plaid flannel for fall huh um oh back to pixel oh wait no there's 111 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:58,520 something uh there's improvements to accessibility these are always welcome 112 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:02,919 and this time they come in the form of way larger font sizes and nonlinear 113 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:07,680 scaling that will prevent titles and headers from taking up the entirety of your screen this is actually really 114 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:11,599 great news for whenever I need to help my mother-in-law with her phone because she always turns the text size to 115 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:16,599 maximum I'm just how do you even use this thing it's all taken up by the header also those who are hard of 116 00:08:14,879 --> 00:08:20,319 hearing will have an easier time setting up and routing audio from their phone to 117 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:24,400 their hearing aid and using flash notifications to grab their attention 118 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:27,919 Google is also adding more privacy focused sharing settings and app 119 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:32,360 permissions and some improvements for folding phones including a two-way 120 00:08:30,479 --> 00:08:37,599 translation feature that looks really cool and ah crap that last one is pixel 121 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:41,240 exclusive all right so for the dozens of people who bought the pixel fold you get 122 00:08:38,959 --> 00:08:45,080 to use that neat uh Health Connect though is not pixel exclusive and will 123 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:49,920 keep your Fitness data in a single location allowing apps that support the 124 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:54,040 feature to sync that information so no more entering your weight into three 125 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:58,200 different apps I mean one times enough right at least assuming that the apps 126 00:08:56,360 --> 00:09:02,399 use support the framework and that Google keeps it alive 127 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:07,920 or resurrects it later kind of like their Smartwatch Ambitions that's right 128 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:10,360 there's also the new pixel Watch 2 the 129 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:15,480 original pixel watch hey it was a great first reffering from Google into the 130 00:09:13,079 --> 00:09:21,160 wearable space but it was hamstrung by truly awful battery life well no more 131 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:25,880 now Google claims that you can get 24 hours of notifications on your wrist 132 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:31,519 with the always on display active and even longer without thank you Google a 133 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:37,360 Time pie should always tell me the time it should never wait for me to ask the 134 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:41,160 time and it gets even better if you're the kind of person who likes to be with 135 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:44,880 their watch all day and all night you can get a 12-hour charge in just 30 136 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:49,200 minutes before you go to bed so you can take advantage of sleep tracking also 137 00:09:47,279 --> 00:09:51,920 Google is finally taking advantage of that Fitbit acquisition and bringing 138 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:56,120 along some of their branding and expertise to make use of three new 139 00:09:53,800 --> 00:10:00,240 sensors there's the improved heart rate sensor that promises 40% more accurate 140 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:06,320 heart rate tracking there's a skin temp sensor now and the new Ceda measures the 141 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:11,680 microscopic beads of sweat on your wrist to help determine your emotional state 142 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:13,760 and stress level oh good I really need 143 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:18,640 Google knowing my emotional state you seem stressed have you tried retail 144 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:24,760 therapy from one of these brand Partners uh um oh also there's um AI improvements 145 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:28,720 like personalized coaching and fitness data analysis Google didn't explain if 146 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:32,760 this happens on device or on a distant server somewhere but seeing the current 147 00:10:30,959 --> 00:10:36,639 state of Google's B AI I probably won't be taking Health advice from my watch 148 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:43,240 even when this feature launches sometime next year uh speaking of Bart what about 149 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:45,639 Google Assistant with Bart 150 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:51,440 really your AI couldn't generate a better branding idea than Google 151 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:52,800 Assistant with Bard awful branding aside 152 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:57,320 this really does seem like it's going to be the first big upgrade to Google 153 00:10:54,680 --> 00:11:01,959 assistant in years allowing you to ask more complex questions and interact with 154 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:05,680 it more naturally will it allow me to turn lights off in one room and on in 155 00:11:04,279 --> 00:11:10,720 another room with the same command though only time will tell they showed 156 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:15,000 off features like making grocery lists which seems great on the surface except 157 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:19,920 uh the thing is these convenient AI features only work when you can actually 158 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:23,480 trust the output which currently I don't know about you guys but I don't really 159 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:29,360 feel like I can and unless Google has made massive strides with Bard I have 160 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:32,839 some serious doubts though if at least I 161 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:36,040 I can call Jake tyy without saying Jake 162 00:11:32,839 --> 00:11:37,360 tivy then I'll be really happy oh 163 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:42,279 actually coming back to trust for a second though this is only sort of on topic but I've got a feeling that more 164 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:47,160 googlers are watching this video than usual hi um and I wanted to talk about 165 00:11:45,279 --> 00:11:52,079 Google's ongoing pattern of eroding trust in their ecosystem this is not a 166 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:56,959 new observation but Google has this propensity for killing projects that are 167 00:11:54,279 --> 00:12:01,000 enjoyed by many of their users recently they killed Google podcasts which is a 168 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:04,839 fairly self-explanatory product and jamboard a well-liked whiteboard 169 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:10,560 software that's used in business and educational settings and I know you can 170 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:13,959 listen to podcasts and YouTube music now and they are going to support jamboard 171 00:12:12,399 --> 00:12:20,000 customers by helping them migrate to something else but these kinds of 172 00:12:16,680 --> 00:12:22,199 changes affect people and sometimes it's 173 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:27,079 just a minor personal inconvenience but other times it's a significant amount of 174 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:30,600 money or it's a major personal inconvenience and while they seem to 175 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:34,600 take a try to do the right thing approach to this stuff like when they 176 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:39,440 bought back stadia hardware and issued an update to make the controllers work 177 00:12:36,639 --> 00:12:43,839 Standalone sometimes it's not a onetoone replacement like when Google play music 178 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:48,839 went away and YouTube music showed up with the same catalog of songs but the 179 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:53,199 inability to stream to my Sonos gear that I had spent thousands of dollars on 180 00:12:51,399 --> 00:12:56,440 and whose functionality still hasn't been restored because Google won't pay 181 00:12:54,720 --> 00:13:01,920 Sonos for using their patents this kind of behavior makes both 182 00:12:59,199 --> 00:13:06,160 both individuals and organizations think twice about relying on Google's products 183 00:13:04,199 --> 00:13:12,360 and that isn't something that you can fix with money um Google used to get 184 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:16,399 away with this kind of Reckless product murder because they were the constant 185 00:13:14,519 --> 00:13:20,320 disruptor they were always creating exciting products that changed how 186 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:26,639 people us the web and then giving them away for free but in present year with 187 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:31,320 the web and mobile sectors maturing into places where people expect to get real 188 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:38,399 work done they suddenly expect continuity and ease of use and I mean 189 00:13:34,839 --> 00:13:39,920 sure look at Apple they do things like 190 00:13:38,399 --> 00:13:45,880 throw away their entire Hardware ecosystem every 15 years or so but then 191 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:51,480 think about how relatively elegant the switch was from Intel to ARM Apple 192 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:55,560 understands the importance of a smooth customer experience 193 00:13:53,399 --> 00:14:00,000 predictability no one is worried that Apple's first-party podcast app is just 194 00:13:57,560 --> 00:14:05,000 going to disappear for for some reason and if it does they can reasonably 195 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:08,959 expect things to still work I mean even Microsoft does a better job of this like 196 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:13,959 they have tools that enable intergenerational software compatibility 197 00:14:10,959 --> 00:14:17,240 and they mostly work pretty 198 00:14:13,959 --> 00:14:20,320 okay to be clear I think that the 7-year 199 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:22,519 OS update commitment is an absolutely 200 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:26,160 massive step in this direction not to mention a great step for better 201 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:31,560 sustainability might even take some of the sting out of the $100 price heye but 202 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:36,399 for me to start saying pixel in the same breath as iPhone when I talk about 203 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:41,560 product support and Longevity I got to see them follow through on this promise 204 00:14:39,519 --> 00:14:46,360 unlike what they did with pixel pass Google's pixel phone upgrade program 205 00:14:43,839 --> 00:14:51,759 that disappeared before anyone got to use it or hey remember unlimited pixel 206 00:14:49,519 --> 00:14:56,639 photo uploads bye-bye it's time for Google to stop 207 00:14:55,040 --> 00:15:00,880 doing this kind of stuff and to be boringly reliable if you guys enjoyed 208 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:07,399 this video maybe go check out the other side in our coverage of Apple's new 209 00:15:02,759 --> 00:15:11,120 iPhone 15 and 15 pro pro Max Pro Max 210 00:15:07,399 --> 00:15:11,120 Ultra whatever all the iPhones