One of the most anticipated features of the Pixel 8 Pro is the announced but not yet released Video Boost. While Pixel phones have always offered photography on par with the latest iPhone or Galaxy S Ultra model, when it comes to video, the Pixel models don’t come close to offering the same quality as the iPhone. But
Google has been working hard to improve the video quality in the market.
Pixel 8 Pro this year with a new feature called Video Boost which should arrive before the end of this year.
With Video Boost, videos appear professionally edited with more vivid
colors and details. Code discovered in the Android version of the Google Photos app (versions 6.61 and 6.63) by
9to5Google has revealed strings of code that give us an idea of how this feature works. Before we
start giving examples, it’s worth pointing out that turning on the camera and switching to Video Boost creates two copies of a video while filming, one of which is sent to Google’s servers via the cloud and is processed via AI. Once the video is ready, it will automatically appear in the Google Photos app.
Some of the notifications and feedback you can expect to see on your Pixel 8 once the feature is active include:
“To boost your videos, enable saving in settings or save this individual video”
“To use Video Boost, you need to save this video, which requires signing in with your Google account”
“Waiting for video to be saved”
Backing up for Video Boost. This may take a while. A notification will be sent when your video is ready”
“Improved video quality. This may take a while. A notification will be sent when your video is ready.”
“This may take a while depending on video length, internet speed, and battery status. A notification will be sent when your video is ready.”
“Improving your video will not affect your phone’s battery life or performance, but it may take some time. A notification will be sent when your video is ready.”
From this list we can deduce that you must be logged in to a Google account to use Video Boost and that the process of a video may take some time before returning to the system. Pixel 8 Pro “boosted.” And strings of code show that Pixel 8 Pro Users can choose to export a “boosted” video as an AVC or HEVC file so that it can be played back at the highest quality available on the market. Pixel 8 Pro unit that submitted the video in the first place.
As we said, two copies of each video are produced with Video Boost settings enabled. Code strings found by 9to5Google show that users will be able to choose which will be the “main” video in their library. Another option allows users to select the “best” videos from their library.
Watch the video that accompanies this story as it shows how Night Sight Video and Video Boost improve video quality on the Pixel 8 Pro.
