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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor

Pixel 8 Pro: Google’s longer-lasting, AI-packed camera phone

Google Pixel 8 Pro review showing the home screen.
Google’s new AI software can generate wallpaper, swap faces in photos and even completely remove, move or resize people in images. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian

Google’s top Pixel is back to outshoot, outsmart and outlast the competition, promising seven years of full software support. But whether the Pixel 8 Pro’s high-end features justify a sharp price increase is open to debate.

Costing £999 (€1,099/$999/A$1,699), the new Android still undercuts the £1,200 competition from Apple and Samsung, but the £150 jump over last year’s stellar 7 Pro stings.

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