Google Pixel 8a Review

Google’s 2024 midrange Android phone, the Pixel 8a, will likely be the go-to phone for US shoppers looking for a $500 phone that won’t break the bank like flagships. Thanks to our video’s sponsor Trend Micro's Premium Security Suite offers complete device and identity protection for up to 10 devices. Check it out here: 2ly.link/1yGBD and use code LISA10 (case sensitive) for 10% off your purchase! The Pixel 8a has the Google Tensor G3 processor, a brighter and faster refresh 6.1 display compared to the last gen Pixel 7a, and other updates. It’s water resistant, supports wireless charging and has the full suite of Google AI photo enhancement tools.
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[@LuisChavezTV]

Lisa has the absolute best t-shirt collection in the tech reviewer space on KZbin in my opinion but this pink shirt 👚 will always be my favorite!❤🤓

[@FangerZero]

ikr I shared that shirt with everyone I know I love her shirts.

[@newfnshow031]

nice haircut Lisa .. thanks for the content

[@kh7688]

Great review, even better t-shirt.

[@DogsBAwesome]

I just went from a pixel 3a to the 8a, nice phone but it's noticeably chunkier, on the fingerprint reader it misses more than the 3a but it's not that bad.

[@jamminout7671]

Great video, really nice locations to show off the camera :)

[@parametr]

Hands down the best place to get good reviews. Thanks! Question: there's quite a few offers going on in Europe which make the Galaxy S24 practically the same price as the Pixel 8a. I imagine the Galaxy s24 wins, even with the exynos cpu we get here?

[@AlexGFrank]

Unless you mind the PWM on the screen, S24 has basically bettet everything, except the replacement part prices. And Google's Tensor chips are glorified heavily customized Exynos CPUs anyways. So S24 for around $500 is a great option, yes

[@yuliansalo4924]

Thanks for the video! I am considering switching from Pixel 3 to Pixel 8A or Pixel 8. The UK Google Store offers a nice amount of money for the Pixel 3 trade-in option. As a result, I could not make up my mind between 2 options: Pixel 8A 128GB for 300 GBP? Pixel 8 128GB + Pixel Watch gen.1 for 500 GBP? I haven't used the smartwatches before due to the lack of need. But still, it might be a curious experience. What would you choose?

[@wasmagpie]

Real price range of this phone: 200/250€

[@DogsBAwesome]

what $250. dollar phone that's not a chunker is waterproof, has wireless charging and a 120htz oled screen, I will give you a hint, none.

[@xBINARYGODx]

Some of these comments (only 17 so far) are wild.

[@dconnell8986]

Great shirt Lisa! Thanks for the great another great review.

[@theohaywood4199]

Does anyone know if you're able or have the option to change the icon shape of the apps on the pixel phones. Does it have the developer option within settings. I'm thinking of having a google pixel as my next phone coming from a Samsung Galaxy A34 and i think the round app icons look really ugly and absolutely unattractive. Also i have been told that using a Google Pixel is like using an iPhone. Is this true becuase i was told its to do with the style of the phone in terms of the gesture navigations. But that could be said about any phone like a Samsung for example that has navigation buttons and gestures?????????

[@sdj7122]

did they fixed problems with fingerprint sensor??

[@happypelon]

LOL . I LOVE THE SHIRT CANT STOP LAUGHING.

[@dabb1ng223]

Love the reviews Lisa [and for many years], but the background on your headshots is so disappointing. Nothing wrong with what you had before. Grey? Really? Anyway, you're the best.

[@esparda07]

Love your tshirt!

[@sdj7122]

did they fixed Viber mic problem?

[@bibekbhandari4822]

The corners are too round imo.

[@Konuvis]

I have a OnePlus right now but it's starting to really do some weird things so I'm going to have to upgrade soon. Still undecided between Pixel and OnePlus. I refuse to pay $1,000+ Also, RIP LG

[@wolfe1978nm]

TY Lisa, been watching your reviews for years now. The issue I find with the Pixel phones is it feels like you are losing a lot of options/control while also getting a mid device. I was on a Note20U and bought the P6 fully expecting to switch. I couldn't. Software bugs, lack of options, updates that took 20-40 minutes, dropped signal, odd cell tower behavior... So when Google did the P6>P7 upgrade for like $30, I went for it thinking these would be resolved, but nothing was. One UI seems to add so much control to your phone and you don't miss out because Google's ecosphere is available right along with Samsung's. I don't like feeling trapped into one manufacturer, but Samsung is just making progress while Google and Apple seem to be regressing. Google trying to tout "clean" Android as a benefit is actually wrong, because it is either their way or nothing. I also have a Thinkphone and Lenovo/Motorola have put in a lot of work to let the owner control their phone. (BTW, IMO the Thinkphone is by far the best budget phone being sold and no one knows about it).

[@Tusk_Tact]

This trend you are pointing out goes back to the beginning of Android. Nowadays it's Samsung's OneUI but previous to that LG's skin was the bee's knees and further back from that HTC's Sense reigned king. Very few folks opted for Nexus devices outside of nerdy phone folks. Somehow Google thought Pixel would reverse this trend and even though they basically bought up HTC's engineering prowess they haven't but any of that into their UI/UX. I wonder how long before Pixel becomes the next failed Google project.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

And Piss All doesn't have a native alarm...they suck...gotta download 3rd party shit

[@dplj4428]

@@Tusk_Tactfhe nexus 4 or 5 phones had hardware problems, wound up in bootloop, unresolved, lost acconts.

[@Tusk_Tact]

@@dplj4428 Exactly

[@farrukhjaveddhoulka]

hi dear friend

[@Zettoman]

6.1 screen for 500? there are better phones out there.

[@petergrabowski526]

Your video embedded advertisements really suck...and then they take up some 20% of the entire video time.

[@sativagirl1885]

Lisa, would your mother use a google phone if you called her more often?

[@davidleeashkenazi8992]

Looks like an iPhone 6

[@firstNamelastName-ho6lv]

Why are phones so boring now

[@chadnliz2k11]

It's a phone, not a Rollercoaster

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

They re not if they re Samsung...but PISS ALL Sucks

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

They not if they are SAMSUNG

[@xBINARYGODx]

mature products are not really exciting

[@user-fv9nl6bb8l]

You need a life.

[@scipioafricanus7697]

i wonder who at google decided: lets make this display look like a f*ing 150 dollar motorola phone. i mean seriously no one can tell me that they save significant money by giving it those ridiculous bezels. thats just for mocking the costumer...

[@RoastBeefSandwich]

I doubt it really saved them any money, it's just a way they differentiate their lines.

[@scipioafricanus7697]

@@RoastBeefSandwich yeah i think you are right. its not about saving money at all. its just mocking the costumer. it wasnt enough to differentiate it from the flagships with the plastic back, lower gorilla glass 3, slower charging, no reverse wireless charging, worse cameras, no telephoto - lets give it bezels from 2017 like a 150 dollar phone too, just for the hell of it!

[@maxanderson9187]

I pay for premium not to get ads. Unsubscribed.

[@wasmagpie]

K

[@sachafievet3131]

tsriF

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

No little girlie you re not first and got nothing to say...just a baby wanting attention

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

SAMSUNG A series is garbage pretend cheapie for little kiddies

[@tayt_]

Is Nothing nothing to you? Or they just don’t send you free devices? There is a fine line between “legitimate tech reviewer” and “tech aficionado with a PO BOX”

[@rez157]

Got 2, pix 8 pro's for $400 each... spectrum. why even get this one?