Google Pixel 8 display leaked specs and features

It takes an incredible show to make an excellent smartphone. Google’s most up-to-date Pixel telephones have been good on this regard, particularly in sensible colour replica. Nonetheless, they’ve by no means fairly matched the easiest in some vital areas, similar to peak brightness and dynamic refresh charges. Google has often used older era panels, presumably to avoid wasting cash to place their choices extra aggressively. The draw back is that its final flagship, the Pixel 7 Professional, whereas well-calibrated, was simply not vivid sufficient in some situations.

Because of a supply inside Google, we’ve gained quite a lot of perception into the show specs and options of the upcoming Google Pixel 8 collection, and loads seems to be set to vary.

The proper cellphone measurement has been an ongoing debate for years, and it doesn’t appear more likely to finish anytime quickly. No matter your opinion on the topic, Google’s Pixel collection presents two distinct show sizes — a smaller one on the non-Professional fashions (6.3-inch on the Pixel 6 and seven) and a bigger, curved one on the Professional fashions (6.7-inch on 6 Professional and seven Professional). Whereas different specs of the telephones aren’t precisely equivalent, it nonetheless gave customers a selection.

With the Pixel 8 collection, Google is tweaking the system a bit. Firstly, the common Pixel 8 is shifting to a smaller show — 6.17-inch as a substitute of the 6.3-inch on earlier fashions. The Pixel 8 Professional, then again, retains the identical 6.7-inch measurement, however the panel is now flat — excellent news for the many individuals who take into account flat shows to be a constructive factor.

Google has additionally fine-tuned the rounded corners of each fashions, greater than doubling the nook radius in each instances. In different phrases, the shows are barely much less sq. than earlier than and somewhat extra rounded within the corners.

Google has all the time used OLED shows for Pixels, and it’s no completely different this time round. What is likely to be altering, nevertheless, is the supply of the panels. The final couple of Pixel generations completely used panels from Samsung. The exception was a mysterious, unreleased machine codenamed G10, which might have a BOE show as a substitute. I speculated on the time of the preliminary studies that Google was testing the panel to guage whether or not BOE was dependable sufficient to be included in Pixel telephones, and it now seems it was true. Whereas the bigger Pixel 8 Professional has a panel from Samsung, similar to the earlier generations, the common Pixel 8 has two sources for the panel: BOE and Samsung. My supply couldn’t verify whether or not Google will use each within the manufacturing course of or if this was merely an early analysis, however each panels share the identical specs, which might recommend the previous.

This Pixel era additionally adjustments the decision of the Professional cellphone for the primary time because the Pixel 6 collection. Google has opted for a barely smaller 2,992 x 1,344 decision for the Pixel 8 Professional as a substitute of the outdated 3,120 x 1,440 customary, giving it a pixel-per-inch (PPI) density of 490, down from 512.

The decision of the Pixel 8 stays unchanged, which, mixed with the smaller show, means its PPI is barely larger: 427 as a substitute of 417.

The brightness of each of the telephones has additionally been considerably improved, no less than in response to the values declared in code (which, bear in mind, can differ from actuality). The Pixel 8 can supposedly obtain as much as 1,400 nits peak brightness in HDR content material, up from 1,000 nits on the Pixel 7. The Pixel 8 Professional has additionally been upgraded and may now show as much as 1,600 nits in HDR, up from 1,000 nits on the 7 Professional.

For the reason that Pixel 6 collection, Google has used show refresh price as a differentiator between completely different product tiers. For instance, within the Pixel 6 collection, the Pixel 6a was 60Hz, the Pixel 6 was 90 Hz, and the Pixel 6 Professional had 120Hz.

The Pixel 7 collection made a big adjustment — the Pixel 7a now has a 90Hz panel to match the Pixel 7. This was an attention-grabbing transfer; what was beforehand the prime purpose to pay extra for the bottom cellphone over the Pixel A collection unit was now gone.

Nonetheless, Google will rewiden that hole between the Pixel 7a and the Pixel 8 collection, because the common Pixel 8 now will get a 120Hz show.

The Pixel 8 Professional additionally has a notable improve of its personal; a extra variable refresh price. My supply’s info on the subject was restricted. Nonetheless, it seems that the Pixel 8 Professional will be capable to easily change the refresh price between 60 and 120Hz, not like the earlier generations, which might solely use a couple of predefined charges (as listed within the desk beneath).

The good thing about this method is that the show refresh price can extra precisely match completely different content material, decreasing display tearing. For instance, 24fps content material might now be proven at 72Hz, which means every video body is proven for exactly three show refresh cycles (reasonably than 5 at 120Hz). One other approach this may very well be utilized is for video games. If Google implements this performance, the show might match a recreation’s larger body charges, utterly eradicating tearing, much like AMD’s FreeSync or Qualcomm’s Q-SYNC. Additionally, the brand new shows clock right down to as little as 5Hz, saving energy when the display isn’t actively refreshing content material.

That’s every thing there may be to know concerning the show on the Pixel 8 collection. It seems that Google’s upping its recreation to compete with the easiest in yet one more facet. Thus far, all of the Pixel 8 leaks recommend the telephones might be an enormous enchancment, and the show is not any completely different. I can’t wait to improve to the Pixel 8 Professional when it comes out.