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Are you going to need an unlimited data plan to use The 8 Pro's Video Boost feature? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by weew@lemmy.ca to c/googlepixel@lemmy.world
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From my understanding, the P8P's video boost can't be done in the phone itself, but it's actually uploading the video to Google's servers, processing it there, then downloading the finished product back again. In fact, it probably uploads two videos, one at high ISO and one at low ISO to get the full HDR range.

For anyone who wants to take lots of videos, this sounds like it'll blow through your data caps very quickly.

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[-] lustrum@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

It probably does it after its backed up via Google photos which can be set to WiFi only.

[-] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

We'll have to wait for the first reviews of that feature but this seems to be the most likely way they're going to go about it.

[-] weew@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

That sucks, because then you won't be able to see if you need to re-shoot a video until after going home.

[-] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I might be missing something here but nothing prevents your phone from simply storing the unprocessed video locally and wait for a Wi-Fi connection to send it to Google's servers?

That way you would still be able to keep shooting videos, it's just that they won't be processed until you get home.

[-] weew@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You totally can. I missed the part about the videos taking overnight to process, so there's apparently no reason to upload them immediately.

It would still suck for people with data caps at home, like rural Americans or people who just use cellular hotspot to serve as home internet

[-] JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I've been confused about this feature. It doesn't seem to have a whole lotta info on how it works and if it is being uploaded to a server why can't the pixel 8 have it? On the other hand if it's processed on the device the 8 and 8 pro have the same chip which leads me to the same question.

[-] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yup it definitely feels like Google is differentiating between the 8 and 8 pro mainly via software, putting the lenses aside.

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