Pixel 8 Pro’s temperature sensor
After stumbling across the LA Times’ respective worst tech of the yearstory, I remembered this one thing I had already forgotten about that made me scratch my head at the Pixel 8 Pro. It’s been two months, and I’m enjoying my time with the Pixel 8 Pro—I often prefer it over my daily driver, the Pixel 8, for snapping photos. But the temperature sensor is unnecessary. I don’t deny that having something like this on a smartphone in case of a disaster is handy. Or, as Google said, the baby’s bottle seems like it’s too hot to grab without a glove. But I forgot this feature even existed until someone else reminded me about it—that’s everything you need to know about the actual usefulness of this feature. I will be surprised if we see it back in the Pixel 9 Pro. — Florence Ion
