5 months later, I still hate the Pixel’s hidden brightness and shadows sliders

by dbadmin | Mar 24, 2024 | Features, Google Pixel 8, Opinions, Pixel Camera

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Opinion post byRita El Khoury It’s been a little over five months since I first got my hands on the Google Pixel 8 Pro and shot my first photo with it. At the time, I immediately noticed one infuriating change in the Google...

Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro hit all-time low prices ahead of spring sales

by dbadmin | Mar 18, 2024 | Deals, Google, Google Pixel 8, News

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro are at their lowest prices ever at both Google Store and Amazon. Pixel 8 (128GB) is down to $499, while the Pixel 8 Pro (128GB) has been discounted to $749. Pixel Fold also gets a $500 discount, with...

Google’s mistreatment of the small Pixel 8 has me worried about the Pixel 9

by dbadmin | Mar 16, 2024 | Features, Google Gemini, Google Pixel 8, Google Pixel 9, Opinions

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Opinion post byRita El Khoury We knew from the moment they were announced that the smaller and bigger Pixel 8 and 8 Pro would not be treated equally by Google. The baby Pixel 8, as I like to call it, lacked the manual camera...

Even the Pixel 8 could get Android 15’s powered-off finding features

by dbadmin | Mar 15, 2024 | Android 15, Google Pixel 8, Google Pixel 8a, News

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Android 15 has a new feature that allows for locating devices even when they are switched off, but this ability requires specialized hardware in addition to software changes. The Pixel 9 series was expected to debut with this...

People didn’t buy the Pixel 8 for Gemini Nano, but the lack of it is not something to ignore

by dbadmin | Mar 12, 2024 | Google, Google Pixel 8, News, Poll results, Surveys

Credit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Google revealed last week that it wouldn’t be rolling out Gemini Nano — its on-device AI model — to the vanilla Pixel 8. Understandably, this isn’t an ideal situation for those who chose the cheaper Pixel instead of the Pro....

Google finally enables display output on the Pixel 8, here’s what it could mean for a DeX-like mode

by dbadmin | Mar 11, 2024 | Google, Google Pixel 8, News

Not a single Google Pixel phone supports display output over USB-C unless you buy a special DisplayLink peripheral. When Google launched the Pixel 8 series, we discovered that the phones actually support display output over USB-C at a hardware level. With the release...