![]() ![]() Not 30 seconds ago as I write this, our Pixel 8 Pro started to receive an update adding a few Gemini features to the numerous AI-based features already on the phone. (Google says that other Android phones with other NPUs will eventually get Gemini Nano, but for now the new AI has only been optimised for the Pixel 8 Pro.) The first phone to get Gemini Nano is the Google Pixel 8 Pro, where it runs on the “neural processing unit” (NPU) built into the phone’s Tensor G3 chipset. Gemini is a “multimodal” AI, meaning it has been trained from the ground up on voice, video and photos, as well as text. You see, Google is bringing out three versions of the Gemini AI: the Gemini Ultra version, which will come out next year, and which looks to be scarily human-like in its intelligence the Gemini Pro version, which you can already try out in Google’s chatbot, Bard the Gemini Nano version, which is designed to run on devices such as mobile phones. Which brings me to the topic of today’s review, Google’s Pixel 8 Pro mobile phone. ![]() It’s not due to come out until 2024, and it could be 2025 before an affordable, comfortable version comes out, but if you look on the bright side that just means we’ve got at least two more years of excitement ahead of us. In June, Apple previewed its Vision Pro mixed-reality headset, one of the most mind-blowing pieces of technology I’ve ever used. This year has been a red-letter year for gadget excitement. People don’t want to hear that technology, the one thing that gives them any joy in life, is getting less thrilling with every passing release cycle.īut this year is different. On any other year, I’d squirm a bit, shrug, and pretend I suddenly needed to go get a drink. Google’s Pixel 8 Pro has been updated with a new AI platform that looked scarily good at the preview. The second question is always harder, for reasons already explained in response to question #1: “What gadget has most excited you this year?” ![]() ![]() But, as you’ll see, it’s not any old phone review. If I never have to review another phone again, it will be too soon!” The first one is easy: “Aren’t you too old to review gadgets for a living?” To which I reply “Oh my god yes, I’ve been doing this way too long. There are two follow-up questions I usually get asked, when people at parties ask me what I do for a job. ![]()
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