Pixel 8a Review: AI @ Google I/O!
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
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[GOOGLE PIXEL 8A REVIEW]
After a spring season of AI gadgets that relied more on hype-y buzz than handy benefits, we’re back to basics with a phone that - not for the first time - I’ve called a “palate cleanser.” The latest A-series Pixel from Google has no bleeding-edge new form factors to cope with; no new interface modalities to learn. It’s just a good phone, with useful features, for under $500. And get this: even the AI stuff is useful (on occasion). Join me for a road trip review to Google I/O, with the Pixel 8a.
[ABOUT MRMOBILE'S PIXEL 8A REVIEW]
This video was produced following one week with a Pixel 8a review sample provided by Google, which also provided travel and lodging for MrMobile's attendance at Google I/O 2024 in Mountain View CA (as well as a San Francisco Giants game for content capture).
MrMobile does not offer manufacturers the opportunity to preview, edit or approve content before publication. Neither Google nor any other manufacturer provided compensation in exchange for this coverage. The lone sponsor of this video is dbrand.
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Google Pixel 8a Real World Test [TheUnlockr]:
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I took over 200 photos with the Google Pixel 8a vs Pixel 7a - here's the winner [Tom's Guide]:
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[CHAPTERS]
00:00 Palate Cleanser (episode 8)
00:53 Why Pixel?
01:55 From the ecosystem to the chin
2:50 Outbound from NYC: normal phone does normal things
03:48 Google I/O through the 8a
08:17 Final fundamentals
09:25 Fun finals
10:30 dbrand brings back duo-tone!
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Mr. Mobile please never stop your mobile tech reviews you are the only one with realistic honest answers to a tiresome market and I never get tired of your witty banter🌞
He’s the best and it’s not really close
You do realise he's just as much an advertisement as the rest of the big mobile youtubers
@@ennayanneyeah bur Fishers good for calling out what works and what doesn't
@@ennayanne I think to a certain extent it's like a cat and mouse game between reviewers and companies. I like Mr. Fisher because he just keeps it straightforward. The reality is these phones are becoming stagnant and I look for those little things that he finds interesting and I find interesting :)
@@DannyFenton217 people have said that for over a decade
Easily one of the most wholesome channels. Love the community here and always appreciate your reviews and insights into the tech world!
Kinda wild that phones have stagnated so much were calling that miniscule black line at the bottom an "unsightly chin" when in reality the bezels are such a non issue, goes to show the rest of it is pretty solid.
Yeah that’s true. If that’s its major negative it must be pretty good tbf.
I just upgraded from a Pixel 4a 5G, and it does need to be said that the Pixel 8a's bezels are comparatively humongous *and* less symmetrical than the 4a 5G's. I don't know how but Google managed to make their phones both more expensive while feeling cheaper.
@@ikt32 the phone in literally every other capacity feels and IS more premium, the bezels are 3% bigger, so in literally no universe can they be considered "humongous" it's just laughable.
@@ikt32 also the 4a 5g was the more expensive updated version of the 4a and therefore launched at the exact same price as the 8a lmao, so the only downgrade is 3% screen to body ratio but everything else is an upgrade.
Any chance we can get a long term Pixel Fold review? I'd love to hear your experiences with general reliability, repair availability, software enhancements, etc.
And thank you for always providing the best in depth glimpses into tech!
I could give you one. I've used one for the past 7 months straight.
Don’t leave us all in suspense!
@@ElectricC0mpanygive us one here?
@onthefence928 okay. I will. This will be a little long because it's a review, just FYI
Do not buy this phone right now. Even though I love Pixel phones, and folding phones. And even though I'm using the pixel phone when I also have a pixel 7 pro I could be using as my daily driver.
I came from using a z fold 2. Before this Samsung, I was using pixel phones and I still kept a pixel phone as a backup while using it. I love the big screen of folding phones. The outer screen of the fold 2 was garbage. Too slim to do most things on it. The transition to the pixel fold was a mix of good and bad. The outer screen is excellent. It's closer to the 18:9 aspect ratio that phones had for several years. I think all phones should have this aspect ratio. Most are a taller 20:9. It's unnecessary height. Most videos are 16:9 and 18:9 allows you room for notifications at the top and navigation at the bottom. But although the outer screen of this phone is great, the problem is the inner screen.
The inner screen of the Pixel fold is the same size as Samsung's current folds. It only opens in a different orientation. There's nothing wrong with the crease. It's as deep as a z fold but wider so it's much smoother to swipe over. The problem is the orientation. I thought I would love a landscape orientation over portrait orientation so it could be more like a tablet or computer. But most apps were never optimized for this aspect ratio. And they can't be optimized for landscape orientation. You typically get a 16:9 aspect ratio app unless you force it to widescreen. You're actually getting a shorter app than on the outside screen because the outside screen is taller. Internet browsers, maps, and native Google apps are the only ones that can properly take advantage of this screen. Forcing an app to fill the screen causes glitches and is not a good experience.
Other apps can't take advantage of the landscape orientation because they would have to do a major overhaul of the app. And developers don't have the motivation to do that. Even Google has made their search results on computer and tablet browsers to mimic what you get on a mobile phones by making the search results slimmer. One thing that might improve your experience on the pixel fold is to turn it to landscape orientation once you unfold the phone. You can lock the outside screen to portrait orientation and leave the inside screen unlocked separately. But if you're like me, you don't like an unlocked screen orientation because you will get unintentional changing when you tilt your phone.
At one point you could lock the inner screen to portrait orientation, but it will now automatically default back to locked landscape once you've used the phone closed and then open it. But even still, if you put the inner screen in portrait orientation, it's not as good a z fold on portrait because they have optimized the apps. Like with Facebook putting all of the menu buttons on the side of the screen and allowing you more vertical scrolling on the rest of the screen. Even though there's this close working relationship with Samsung and Google, they haven't ported over these optimized apps to the pixel fold. And then you have what was the biggest complaint about this phone when it first came out: The bezels.
After you use this phone, you will find the bezels to be the least of your concerns. They completely disappear from your periphery. If you've ever used a tablet, laptop, or computer, you've had bezels, and those bezels were bigger than what you get on this phone's inner screen. But sure, it would be nicer if those bezels weren't there. It's simply not the issue It was made out to be in the beginning. I guarantee that's why Michael Fisher has moved back to the pixel fold. But lastly, we need to talk about the cameras.
The pixel fold has solid pixel photos. But I was incredibly disappointed. For s specific reason. A plus of the folding phones is being able to use the main cameras for selfies and video. I was a bit devastated when I tried using this setup to take a selfie on a lit up city street at night. It's way too dark even with night sight. I get better selfies from the selfie camera of my pixel 7 pro than I do on the main cameras of the pixel fold. Video is barely any better on the main cameras of the pixel folds than they are of the selfie camera on the pixel 7 pro, if any. My z fold 2 offered such an upgrade when using the outer cameras versus typical selfie cameras. The selfies of a Samsung fold with the main cameras were much better than what you got from the selfie cameras of an S Ultra. You simply don't get this benefit with the pixel fold.
One bonus niche scenario I'll talk about is multitasking on the Pixel Fold. You'll rarely ever use it, but it's great when you have your phone in a holder in your car and you can have your music app open on one half the screen while navigating on the other half of the screen. It works much better on the pixel fold than a Samsung fold because on the Samsung you're getting two slim versions of the app and they don't work good, just like the outer screen.
In conclusion, unless you get a really good price on this phone and you're willing to work with its quirks, I would definitely wait for the second iteration of this phone that should come out in October.
@@ElectricC0mpany- muchus gracias.
Great editing man! As a new reviewer, this is one of the best review vids I've seen in my research!! Good job!
Your reviews are some of if not my favorites on YT but I particularly love the road trip review style. Awesome video as always!
I came from David Cogan's review. Great review! I love seeing reviews like this. Great job on the review.
Thanks for being the one reviewer that doesn't get hung up on the 8a MSRP vs Pixel 8 sale prices. MSRP vs MSRP or sale vs sale!
LTT also did mention the sale thing in terms of the 8 vs 8a price debate
That's an important point though, it just shows how greedy google is getting. The way things are Pixel A might just become an unwanted child for google.
@@keerthan7558 In Sweden, Tele2 are giving away the 8a for free if you renew your contract for 24months. That is what I did.
@@keerthan7558 the issue with the pixel a series since the 6a is its basically a slightly watered down non pro pixel specially with the current 8a, back during the era of the 3a and 4a they were proper budget midrange phones with specs to match said price range(midrange chipset, no ip rating, full plastic outside, etc etc) hence the cheap pricing but now as said its basically an 8 with a miniscule difference in clock speed in the chipset and a different build
@@seagle_p7 Pixel A 's hardware was bit inferior compared to the competition so i'm glad they went with glass build. Those plastic backs would get scuffed easily and wear down over time. Ye it's just a watered down version of Base pixel flagship model , not a fan of it. We don't need higher refresh rate or top spec cpu at that price.
Great attention to detail! Even the small things like the Tensor lamp at 1:07
I moved back to Android after almost a decade with iPhone... Why? The pixl 8... It's what I always dreamed what android should be. Not only does it work great with 3rd party hardware, but 7 years of updates? I was sold. The stock android 14 made it easy to transition as well. I noticed lots of similarities between iOS and stock android 14.
i for one didn't even realize there's a "chin" but i did not hold it in hand. my sister has a pixel 6a and every time we meet you can see it on her how impressed she is with it and especially the camera showing me what great photos she took at this wedding or that trip... she's just a normal phone user, even pays for google one space because the phone told her "she has no space" (she does have space on the phone) but these smarter features on the pixels do translate well into good user experience. the other day i saw on reddit a post about some life hack to get LESS spam calls and i just realized that people on iphones still have to deal with that. the smart features really do make these phones very useful for normal people..
i been watching you since before you was doing just mr mobile always my favorite reviews to watch to this Day!!!! guess when you remember having old Nokia's and the first 2 androids you never stop wanting more!!!!
Another great review. I love the format and honesty.
Im sorry Micheal, I had to click off your video for a second as I realised there was Mark Rebillet as the opening act of the conference? Who the hell approved that, that´s the absolutely most brilliant thing I´ve seen in a long time :_D
same here, absolutely amazed to see this haha
It was an anemic performance; the AI tech he was using didn't work right. Not his fault, it's not really his audience and it showed. Deadest audience he's probably performed at since his early Dallas days when nobody knew who he was. He even acknowledged the awkwardness of the set on Twitter, noting that he was hamstrung by Google.
Nice one! Your reviews are always so refreshing. 👍👍
By far my absolute favorite tech reviewer. I watch videos of devices I have no need for or interest in, just because your videos are so damned well done.
I don't know why I never get your notifications, I'm subscribed and notifications are on.
Oh man I miss my pixels 😢. Apple captured me with their camera, specially on the video side of things.
I feel in love with the pixels when someone gave me an ancient pixel 3xl with a small crack in the screen after my Samsung fold 4 fell out of my pocket and had to be shipped off. Even when I got it back I didn't change back. Then I got pixel 7 pro and now 8 pro.
❤Thank you, Michael!🤠❤️
I love your reviews ❤❤❤❤
I really wish we got the a55 in the usa, its lovely see another Mr Mobile review and to see the bay on display!
I hope your cat is doing okay as well 🙏
I tried switching to Gemini on my Pixel 8 Pro but then 90% of the automations I set up in Google Home no longer worked. I'd hit play or say the command for them and just get a notification that says, "Google is unable to perform that function." So, I went back to the old Google Assistant.
Yeah me too. So stupid 😢
Yup. Gemini is garbage.
I'm going to wait for Gemini to get more refined before switching over. Assistant is just fine for my needs. Though I really like Samsungs Galaxy AI (fold 5 user), the live translation has been a godsend.
Amazing and straight to the point review as always.
Good review, thank!
Software is so important for phones as hardware is getting so similar for slab phones
I had a Tensor lamp years ago! Love the Pixel phones too but parts and service is not so great in Nashville.
your review always awesome and superb
Excellent review!
Yeees. I can't wait to watch this tonight.
Great to hang out at I/O!
Same bud, as always!
Fun review. Please do a comparison video between the standard Google Assistant vs the Gemini Assistant.
I'd love to see you cover something like the Honor Magic 6 Pro. I know it's not something in the US area, but the Silicone-carbon battery it runs on is one of the very few significant hardware advancements we have had in recent memory, and it is a big one.
Is it silicone-carbon, or is it silicon carbide?
Great review 😊 I am enjoying mine
Good fun review ... I'm sporting a Pixel 6a now ... probably going to hold out for a 9a 😛
Odd sportsball variant, but great real life test of the Pixel 8A. Thanks for informing and entertaining Mr Fisher!
Thanks for sharing !!
My store got out pixel 8a demo models about a week ago, had a good play with it and I love it.
As an s24 ultra user I would totally daily drive this device if I was just looking for a pleasing device that does just about ever basic thing I need a phone to do well
S24 is way better
Great review, but you mentioned something about getting some possible bugs, so i wonder if we will get like a month review just in case
Your videos have extremely positive vibes probably right from video number 1 on this channel... Probably its editing, background music, your way of brief reviewing or something else or combination of all this...Never stop posting your content is gem... 🙌🏻🙏🏻🌟🙌🏻🙏🏻🌟
Happy to see another smartphone review 🙌 (especially with the gorgeous snippets of Oracle Park, go Giants 🧡🖤). I'm wondering if you'll be doing a review of the Xperia 1 VI? Apparently Sony aren't bothering with offering it in the US this year, but as an international viewer I'd be interested to hear your trusted views on Sony's latest imminent flagship. Personally I've never watched a film on my 1 iii (insert David Lynch meme) and the display rarely actually ran at 4K anyway so I'm not sure if the resolution downgrade will be as personally significant as many are bemoaning it to be, although I do wonder about the wider form factor and vertical real estate sacrifice. I'd be curious to know your experience with battery life versus their claims too, as well as performance. Regardless, a headphone jack, expandable storage, and a blemish-free display isn't something to be taken for granted in 2024. I'm still struggling to stomach the price tag tbh, despite having placed a preorder 😬 (their inclusion of the XM5 headphones as a preorder bonus is slightly softening the blow though)
The reviewer I trust! It may not be the first review I see, but it's an opinion that I trust.
Excellent video. 👍
6:39 Could you imagine I didn't notice the magic audio eraser till he mentioned it? The thing is crazy good
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the current version of WearOS allows you to switch devices without having to redo everything now.
Another honest review as usual, I like your objective feedbacks without any overly unnecessary harsh bashing...
I hate how the black color is the only one that gets 256gb of storage, seriously what a middle finger to pixel users
Rocking the Atoms I see…👍🏾
Gotta try Waymo next time you head out to SF 🔥
07:00 Well, that food place name is certainly a choice.
your style of reviewing a product is fresh
Waiting 😍
if you could make the comparison which iphone does the 8a remind you of. it kinda looks like the iphone xr but does it compare to other iphones
The pixel is the only device delivering flagship camera and software experience even at its lowest price. Thats the deal.
The Pixel 8a looks so good to me. It reminds me of my iPhone 6s. I love the curves, sorta has a soft and inviting feeling.
Looks nothing like it 😂😊
I was wondering if there was going to be a phone review somewhere in there
You need to come to Pittsburgh!
i thought the thumbnail said "8A/10" being a score on how you feel about the phone
I truly hope Google Fold is being released in Sweden when my Oneplus Open no longer gets security updates. As it was, my choices was Samsung or Oneplus last year and while I love my Open, I miss some things from my Pixel.
I recommended both my dad and my brother to get Pixel 8a though, the 7 years update was a big selling point. My dad keeps saying it's his last phone and while he's 75, I do not like that joke that much XD
Great way to spend a sunday afternoon.
We need a review for smart rings ✌️
wait until samsung's get announced. should be announced in a few months
Ayy I'm still using my pixel 6 as my daily, and I'm running android 15 beta 2 and it runs great. I love pixel.
Thank you for reviewing this model for what it really is and not trying to compare it to its more expensive siblings.
How about the battery? Is it last long enough in a day?
Hope you enjoyed Oracle park! It’s one of my favorite places.
He gives Tech Review a journalistic Feel😄😄, i love his work so much
8:55 Genuinely wondering if maybe you got a defective panel or ran into a bug with the auto brightness. The screen is incredibly bright and some people have measured almost 2000 nits of max brightness, which is way more than enough for daytime use.
That opening scene, you were in the Redwoods. Where?
I love my pixel 5a. The battery still lasts 2-3 days for me. Sadly I'm really reluctant to upgrade now that they've gotten rid of the headphone jack.
Did you experience any thermal issues with the phone? I've read complaints of the Pixel 8 overheating...
I hated how finicky the screen is on the Pixel 8. It often just didn't respond to touch. I picked up an S24+ as soon as it was available. And I've been super happy with it.
Let's do this!
Mr. Fisher I like watching the series when the phones were fun. Can you speak about ZTE D800?
Will the magic eraser feature for video come to the pixel 6 Pro?
As always, a pleasure to watch. Bonus for kitty interference.
Is the ringtone volume low in this model too? I have a pixel 4a. I can’t hear the phone ring if I am sitting at the next room
Your bored face while shooting the S24 is a whole MOOD 😂
You know things are bad in the tech space when a simple smartphone is consider a breath of fresh air lol.
Anyone else still enjoying the Moto Z4? Being able to slap on the wireless charging battery mod in a pinch is still pretty siiiiic 🤘
Another awesome Phone/tech video. Love this channel. Mr Mobile. You made me switch to Samsung and Android for life. You are one of my favorite youtubers out there. Keep up the good work
My 3a is still going despite not getting any more updates. Best finger Scanner and camera yet imho
I have really enjoyed the Pixel 7 Pro, and seeing this review and others makes it all the more frustrating that Google hasn't done a better job with marketing the Pixel phone line. There is no good reason a company of this size and resource pool hasn't managed to make the Pixel name every bit as automatic as Galaxy. If the phones were junk you'd understand it, but that's not the case and it makes the branding failure more painful. Great video as always!
What was the yellow phone with physical buttons? 😊
I have the Northern Lights as my wallpaper on my Pixel 7.
Source of the wallpaper on 0:30 please? I love the colors.
How come you never reviewed the OnePlus 12?
I went back to my Oppo Find N2, such a great device .In a form factor that is going away
I love A series due to being compact. I'm user of Pixel 4A5G and still great, i don't feel need to upgrade.
Señor 2Phones, another excellent review. 📱 🇺🇸
I would go back to Pixel if they just fixed the modem and the background app usage. Both drain the battery way to fast. I have the S24+ and it lasts way longer than the Pixel 8 Pro i had before.
what about the heating problem which turns off the flash while recording??
Best Tech Reviewer ever!
Michael, just a heads up that Google may be inflating the pixel 8a's price on purpose.
We bought various units on pre-order and after launch for under 250 euros at both electronics store and carriers. At this price, the value proposition is insane. We fournished the whole family with 8a for 214,90 euros a piece.
You are the only tech channel I can watch
I love your videos
The google watch for me is the best looking watch ever in my opinion. Love it!!
I've enjoy your videos, but as a peron of age...i'd say I always think of the FunLovin Crimals - from you're kneck of the woods (I'm UK and old..)
Please review the 1 VI
I've bought the 'a' variant pixel since the 4a, but no more. They're not "budget" anymore so I'm just gonna buy the base Pixel on sale from now on staying with the 9.
Beautiful ❤️
I've read that thumbnail as 8A/10 then 8A/IO and thought it was really smart and then realized it's just 8A, I/O
What is the wallpaper on the phone @ 3:59?