The interest generated by the as-yet-unreleased Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro It is, in my opinion, the clearest sign of a good job of Google’s design in the smartphone market. And what would be justified in any case is, in my opinion, significantly increased, considering that the search engine company is much more modest in promoting its devices than the main manufacturers in the industry. So, and what I have verified over time, the main vector for spreading the benefits of these smartphones is found in their own users, which seems to me to be mentions.

There are several aspects that make the Pixels a very interesting proposition, but if we had to highlight one above all, I think there is agreement on the choice of her photography section. A key role in this was the transition that the company made when it began to integrate its own SoC in the Pixel 6 generation. And hand in hand with this, and thanks to the specialization of integrated artificial intelligence, AI-based functions became another and important element of the device’s camera design.

Of course, software is not enough, it is also necessary to have optical and electronic elements capable of taking great shots, both still and video, and from what we’ve been told so far, the Pixel 8 generation will make a big leap compared to its predecessor, which is the current Pixel 7. A change that will be especially noticeable on the Pixel 8 Pro. Now, with the importance Google places on image features, it was conceivable that these features would also improve with the next generation.

We already had the first progress in this regard, a few weeks ago, when the magic sound eraser was leaked, a feature that will be able to separate the different sources of sound in a video recording, so that we can remove the ones we want from them. record. If we were talking about such an anonymous leak at the time, the X account to spread it was created specifically for this purpose, this time the story changes a lot.

According to Forbes, It was Google itself that leaked the Pixel 8’s future photography features. And no, if you think about it, it was not by accident, but in a survey published by the company itself, in which the participants had to choose from a list of photographic features which of them would influence them more when deciding to buy a smartphone. Something that suggests that they want to choose among the news which one or which may be more effective in possible marketing campaigns.

According to the aforementioned survey, there are four proposed innovations:

• sonic magic eraser: a feature that, as I previously hinted at, we informed you about a few weeks ago, and whose appearance in this survey we can officially confirm.
• Combination of images: It is not clear whether we are talking about a 100% automatic process or on the contrary it will have the participation of the user, but in any case we can understand that we are talking about taking elements from several consecutive captures in order to achieve the best possible shot, either by eliminating elements that we don’t want, using different captures so that in the group photo everyone looks smiling and with open eyes, etc.
• Faster camera launch: the fact that the camera function is practically instantaneous can make all the difference when we want to take a picture of something particularly fleeting. So it seems that the Pixel 8 will also be different from its predecessors in this regard.

Additionally, the survey includes Google Photos’ smart editing features as a single entry, like the ones we could see announced at Google I/O 2023 and of course also other earlier but very relevant ones, such as the ineffable Magic Eraser, which has been very well received by users since its launch, to the point that we can see it as the genesis of Magic Editor and Audio Magic Eraser, which will be one of Pixel 8 news.