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Pixel 8 and 8 pro users - How has the experience been so far? (self.googlepixel)

submitted 8 months ago by Sjvo to c/googlepixel

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Hi Pixel 8 and 8 pro users, how has your experience with the new line of phones been so far? I'm still rocking a pixel 6 pro, and don't intend on upgrading this year; however, as a pixel nerd, I am curious about how the new phone is holding up? Has there been any noticeable improvements or compromises compared to your last device? Most importantly are you still enjoying it?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah being from AUS, I’m actually not too sure if I am missing some AI features. Which ones are you missing?

Most of the call-related AI features:
"Hold for Me" being the most painfully absent.
That call center menu navigation AI thing is missing (but that's rarely supported even in the US).
No Google Duplex at all.
No improved Call Screen Assistant at all, it's still that extremely robotic sounding, first generation one.

No "summarize this" feature for websites, either. That was one of the big, new, introductions.

Honestly, that's pretty much half of the on-device AI features. The rest is the cloud-based photo magic stuff that isn't run on the phone's chip at all, that works and can be really cool (but is painfully slow and often quite buggy).

I don't expect most of these to make it out of the US / to the EU anytime soon, and I'm willing to bet that I won't see "Assistant with Bard" for a very, very long time.