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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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by 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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[+] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)
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  • [–] [S] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 years 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

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    • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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    • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Who the hell still has capped data in 2023?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Anyone in the US or Canada who doesn't want to pay large sums for service.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can get unlimited for $60 typically from mainstream carriers and for $35-$45 from the prepay and MVNOs. Been like that for many years.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Really, tell me where bro?

    In Canada, we have "unlimited" in that we have service like 40 to 50gb, and any data after that is reduced to speeds "up to" 512kb/s. Plot spoiler to no one, those speeds aren't definitely not 512kb and it's pretty much unusable at that point.

    So no, we don't have mainstream carriers that offer actual unlimited for under $100. That said, I have 40gb on my plan for $50 CAN/US, and it's sufficient. Don't think I've even come close to consuming that.

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