Google Pixel 2 In Depth Camera Review - Truly a Generational Leap

Google changed the definition of how good a smartphone camera could be with last year's Google Pixel, and this year they're upping the game significantly with the Google Pixel 2. Both the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL feature the exact same camera hardware, and sport some important new features that are sure to please. Portrait mode with a single camera, both on front and rear cameras, a brighter lens and a new dual-pixel camera sensor make up just a few of the new features to get excited about. On the back end Google is utilizing its first ever SoC in the form of an Image Processing Unit called the Pixel Visual Core. Just how good is the camera on the Pixel 2? We put it head to head with the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, LG V30 and Sony Xperia XZ1 to see who's got the very best smartphone camera in 2017.

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[woodielesesne]

Just got mine a few days ago. So far it looks awesome. I will be using it a lot for my social media and web videos. Thanks for sharing your review.

[TheLordofcod]

crazy camera...puts note 8 and iphone 8+ to shame

[Moostafa]

I enjoyed watching this and your V30 camera reviews very much. Very informative and thorough!

[kentvun]

thumb up for fast upload, so many reviewer havnt got thier content ready regarding pixel 2 camera review you are the 1sgt indept review i see so far

[hadaresawadogo]

Visual Core!! That's some serious stuff here.

[ankurmanjare]

portrait mode is the best feature which i want in my phone

[takeAshower]

Nice video, are you guys located in Asheville Nc?

[yongkysiaw]

Google should monetize their camera app cause it's really this good. They would make tons of money from this app 😶

[MrStoker]

Don't forget there making HDR+ available to third pary software so that's were the real magic will happen

[balkarchouhan]

Ohhh my killer phone camera super good job Google very lovable phone in all things

[Jonathan-nobg]

Actually can the camera see the same thing as you can see with your eyes

[patxigarmendizabal]

I own a brand new pixel 2, I was very excited about it based on all those ravishing reviews, but I've discovered a few shortcomings like uneven background blurriness and very crappy panoramic shots which are blurry and the stiching is really terrible. This is very disappointing because Nexus 5 did a great job in panoramic shots. By the way, there are no reviews about panoramic shots on YouTube, could someone point that out so Google can work hard on fixing these issues?

[Randommmmm]

"The Pixel suffers in low lighting conditions"

Well... Not anymore! Night sight!

I'm so impressed by my Pixel 2's camera. It's gotten better with every update. Even when a shot looks terrible in the preview, after it gets processed in ends up looking amazing. Every time. It's like magic.

[patriknovak]

If google had LG V30s camera app it'd be brilliant.

[MonsterGTX]

Does motion picture take video with sound or just video?
Thanks ^^

[GiGaChadAF]

Using this app on my OnePlus 6.. needless to say...the output is so good even factoring the considerable quality of the stock OnePlus app itself.. practically magic.

[imserious]

I've had the note 8 since it was released, I just purchased a pixel 2 xl because I caught a very good deal, I must say, I haven't used my note 8 since, but I definitely wouldn't get rid of it lol

[nathlenefaithesguerra]

does it takes good pictures during night? and in the front camera does it have flash? 😄

[kashifahmed]

Wow what a great camera on the pixel 2 xl... And camera review on this channel are awesome... Love from Pakistan... Hope to win this great camera phone through android headlines and Caseology international giveaway

[ahmedkareem]

Can you plz make a camera comparision with iphone 8 plus specially in an aggressive hdr situations ????