Google ’s accept a page out of Apple ’s playback and released a mid - cycle color refresh of its Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro – and it might just be the woof of the cluster .
If you felt the colour for the Pixel 8 were a little on the sluggish side , this new Mint option certainly improves affair . It ’s available now for both thePixel 8andPixel 8 professional , although only in the little 128 GB storage sizing which is a pity .
Mint joins Hazel . Obsidian and Roseas the colour options for the Pixel 8 and Bay , Obsidian and Porcelain for the Pixel 8 Pro . For us , it ’s easy the most tempting of the quite a little .
The fresh colour is a elusive green , and it ’s a lot lighter in someone than it look in Google ’s wardrobe icon . In a sorry room , it almost looks white . In brighter environments however it has more of a green tinge and this is where it really shine .
It ’s noticeably greener , and far less garish , than thevery atrocious Lemongrass colourway the Pixel 7was sold in and has a lot in vernacular with the GreeniPhone 15 . There ’s a matching case usable too .
The rest of the specs are the same , meaning if you flump for the Pixel 8 Pro you ’re get a 6.7 - inch OLED display with flat edges and a 120Hz refresh rate , three rear camera , the Tensor G3 chip and a intelligent 5050mAh battery . The Pixel 8 has a belittled covert , battery and one less television camera – yet it bear up as one of the bettermid - range Android phones .
Both phones benefit from huge swathe of AI software features , let in lots of cunning television camera skills that raise the whole Pixel experience . In our revaluation of the Pixel 8 Pro we enjoin , “ Bursting with clever AI - infused software , the promise of software updates for many eld to come up and a camera and screen that thoroughly impress , the Google Pixel 8 Pro does a terrific job at offer prospective buyer something a little dissimilar . ”
The new Mint colour is uncommitted now for the Pixel 8 ( £ 699/$699 ) and Pixel 8 Pro ( £ 999/$999 ) .