Google Pixel 7/Pro Review: Hard Problems? Software Answers!

Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are the smartest phones in the room. How far can that take them?

Phone provided by Google for review.

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[mkbhd]

Fact check: Google revealed that Tensor G2 is actually 5nm, not 4nm 👍🏾

[minineji]

Pro tip for college students: what discovered this semester is Google Docs also has a built-in voice-text feature, and it works fairly good if your professor speaks loud and clear! You will have to make corrections but it might do a good enough job for you to focus on the lecture and not note taking! Wish I found this sooner on in my time of college haha

[rossbarlow]

About 3 months in and my Pixel 7 is going great. My major frustration and disappointment, the fingerprint recognition has resolved itself (magic or software upgrade?). The battery is excellent, no problem going a whole day. I changed over from an iPhone (something I thought would be daunting but it was so simple) and can't imagine ever wanting to go back. The software in this phone makes it smart in so many ways I feel it's a step ahead of the competition. Love my Pixel 7.

[Kyleach]

I still have a Pixel 5a and I love it. It honestly is all I need in a phone personally. Does everything I need it to, and is unbelievably affordable. I used to go for the Samsung flagships, and if things keep going the way they are now, I'll probably never switch back. Probably gonna snatch up the 7a when it comes out.

[tayzonday]

I’m going to start calling my hardware problems “hard problems” but I will never call software solutions “soft answers.”

[vidIQ]

I now can't distinguish if the intro B-Roll shots of the phone are from Google or from MKBHD - incredible.

[alfredoelias]

Love that you dedicate a slot for sustainability. Just as an upgrade, the programmed obsolescence has way more impact than the packaging. 2 years of software upgrades and 5 of security upgrades makes a more sustainable device than a few grams of recycled materials!

[sambennett]

I just want to point out what a fresh breath of air your presentation and editing are. The need to content creates to have puzzled or expressive faces and a misleading thumbnail make YouTube reviews frustrating before they even start. i appreciate the clean straight forward deliver you choose and I search out your views for all things tech specifically for this reason. In my eyes, this is what makes your channel head and shoulders above most every other tech review channel.

[jorden]

"Photo unblurring" was literally my final project in "image processing" course (Electrical Engineering).
You basically need to find two parameters:
Power - How strong is the blur, meaning - how far was the pixel moved from its original place.
Angle - The angle of the pixels movement in a coordinate system

There is some math going to achieve that, you have to make a Fourier transform to the image to change it into the "frequency domain", then find the angle and the length of the "strips" that you are getting from the image, and viola! you just calculated the two parameters that you need. Now you have to make another Fourier transform to return to the "time domain". With the 2 parameters you have just calculated, you can reverse the process of the blurring effect.

TBH, I'm not working as a signal processing engineer, but as a DevOps Engineer :)

[SurgeFYSB]

I love how whenever you do Apple/Google reviews you always pay homage to their ad campaigns, including the smallest details, such as colors, framing, song choices, all of it <3 it truly is amazing and does not go unnoticed :)

[emilyquinn]

After 5 years on iOS it was time to come home. Pixel 7 has sold me on Android once again.

[danieldevito]

I absolutely LOVE all of the cool features of this phone, and I still haven't gone through everything yet. I was done with Samsung anyways, after almost 10 years, but it was nice that the Pixel 7 Pro was THIS amazing.

[QuantumBraced]

The recorder app would be incredible for university students, to transcribe lectures. When I was in college I remember frantically trying to write down everything the professor said (so I could just rely on notes later and not do the reading). With this app, you don't even have to take notes anymore, and if a student asks a question, the app will even label the different speakers, so you can transcribe an entire Q&A. And transcribing is not the same as recording, so you won't be breaking any rules.

[jipizzle]

Hey, Marques. I just wanted to let you know that Tensor G2 is confirmed by Google to be built on Samsung’s 5nm process, not 4nm. Love your work.

[macjones]

I went from iPhone 13 to Pixel 7 and love it.

[aaromon]

just upgraded from my 4 year old pixel 3xl to a pixel 7. fantastic upgrade, love it.

[Lazywarp]

"But for patient Pixel people who prefer pristine programming and pretty pictures, the Pixel Pro is pretty perfect." Really liked this alliteration at the end!

[othonielmolina]

I can’t believe it’s been five years since the Pixel 2 launched. I remember it being super unique and special for the time. Really feel old now.

[taelok]

That's some pretty good alliteration there at the end :D

[jonathanribnick]

Great review. Just upgraded to a pixel pro after having an s10e for 4 years and I'm loving this phone !