Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro review: Google's most compelling phones in years

Since the original Pixel, the special sauce for all of Google's phones has been its software. We've seen this throughout the years in its cameras with things like HDR processing and Google's potent Night Sight mode. But on the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, thanks to the new Tensor G3 chip and focus on machine learning, it feels like Google's latest flagship phones are taking some of the buzz from the recent AI hype cycle and turning it into tools you'll actually want to use. Their corners are a touch more rounded and Google deleted the small chin below the screen by making its bezels a uniform size all around. One notable change is that the Pixel 8 has shrunk a bit to a 6.2-inch screen (down from 6.3 inches on the Pixel 7).