Google launches Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL with Android 8.0

Google has recently announced the second generation of its own Pixel phones along with a set of smart speakers and other devices like Google Home Mini and Google Home Max under the names of Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL.

Specification for Pixel 2

• 5 “screen
• 1080p OLED display
• Snapdragon processor 835
• 4 GB of RAM

Pixel 2 XL is a 6-inch screen with 2880×1440 resolution and a density of 538 PPI versus a 441 PPI density in the smaller version.

Specification for Pixel 2 XL

• 6 “screen
• 2880×1440 OLED display.
• Snapdragon processor 835
• 4 GB of RAM

Both phones are supported by the latest Android 8.0 Oreo, and they support Active Edge, which enables you to do a number of tasks by swiping the sides of your phone.

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Google Assistant is certainly supported by the new Voice Recognition technology that recognise users’ voices.

With the camera on both phones, the rear camera comes with 12.2 megapixels with Optical Image Stabilization – OIS, which improves the ability to take pictures on the move.

This year, the camera uses a sensor called the Dual-Pixel Sensor, which divides each pixel into two, which means that pixels are smaller than 1.4 micrometers instead of 1.55 micrometers as the last year, which will increase the quality and accuracy of photography significantly.

A special version similar to Live Photos on iPhone has been added under the name of Motion Photos, where you can record a video for three seconds and the phone will cut the unwanted parts in this clip to finally give you the final clip and automatically save it in the photo gallery.

This is not just about the camera and photos, but another feature of Google Pixel is that it can save and store photos of original quality and forever on Google Photos, even though it’s free for all users around the world, but the Pixel version can store Images in the original quality instead of compressing and reducing quality while giving the owner of Google Pixel phones the ability to store up to 23GB of photos and videos every year.

The camera has also been given the Augmented reality feature that allows the phone user to add 3D stickers and characters to photos and videos to appear in the camera as if they are real.

Google is currently collaborating with a number of companies and celebrities to give their faces, the first of them Stranger Things stars, and Star Wars stickers are expected soon.