Apple and Samsung aren’t ready for the first AI Android phone but Google is. Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro make iPhone and Galaxy users super jealous!
First things first, after years of resistance, Google finally joined the $1,000 smartphone club thanks to the Pixel 8 Pro, which the company calls a “true flagship phone with never-before-seen features and design elements”. Nice!
Second, the “never-before-seen features” Google is talking about? Well, that’s where AI comes in, making and some of the most exciting new smartphones in 2023.
Now… Sure, considering how mature smartphones have become at this point, the bar for smartphone innovation doesn’t sit all that high, but this also means that jumping over it takes something special, and it seems like Google broke the code. Maybe it’s not flashy design that will make phones exciting again. Perhaps it’s what made smartphones exciting in the first place – their… smartness?
The $700 Pixel 8 and $1,000 Pixel 8 Pro might not be the bargain Android flagship deals the $600 Pixel 7 and $900 Pixel 7 Pro were, but I feel like the $100 price increase is more than justified. Keep reading to find out why!And while looks aren’t everything, the vanilla Pixel 8 does indeed look far more premium than the Pixel 7 and Pixel 6 ever did, while the Pro’s premium design with uniform display borders finally makes a compelling case against the $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro and Galaxy S23+, and even the more expensive iPhone 15 Pro Max and Galaxy S23 Ultra.But again – it’s the AI-centred upgrades and overwhelming attention to software that makes the series unique, standout devices. And let me tell you… As an iPhone 13 mini user who does also use the Pixel 7 Pro, the new Pixels make me excited and jealous to give Google another chance. My heart was truly broken after my bad experience with the gorgeous but buggy Pixel 6 Pro but maybe this is Google’s lucky year?Pixel 8 Pro costs exactly the same as iPhone 15 Pro now but only Google puts AI in your pocket, and I’m jealous There’s no beating around the bush here – the one thing I took away from Google’s keynote is that the and are the first phones that give us a taste of mobile AI that doesn’t only take place in the background but lets you interact with Artificial intelligence and Machine learning in day-to-day tasks. And this-is-exciting! Just me?Let’s take a look at some of the and Pro’s features made possible by Google’s expert Machine learning, AI, and software magic… What’s better than AI? Mobile AI that you can use in a pinch. and are the smartphones that put AI in the forefront of the Android experience, thanks to AI-powered features you can interact with on a day-to-day basis. And this makes me one jealous iPhone user.Assistant with Bard, as Google calls it (Bard is Google’s Chat GPT alternative) can now summarize, read aloud, or translate web pages in real time for you, and while the ability to create a short summary of a web page was made popular by Chat GPT, bringing this feature to the computer you have in your pocket is truly exciting.
