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Pixel 7 Review: Camera Bar Is the Star

The Google Pixel 7 feels more like the Pixel 6.5 than a generational leap forward. Check out the Pixel 7 here 👉 *CNET may get a commission from this offer. The Pixel 7’s improved camera and refined design make it worth considering if you’re a Pixel fan upgrading from the Pixel 4 or earlier. Check…

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The Google Pixel 7 feels more like the Pixel 6.5 than a generational leap forward.
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The Pixel 7’s improved camera and refined design make it worth considering if you’re a Pixel fan upgrading from the Pixel 4 or earlier.

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0:00 Google Pixel 7 Review
0:49 Google Pixel 7 Design
2:04 Google Pixel 7 Camera Features
3:22 Google Photo Unblur
4:04 Google Pixel 7 Guided Frame
4:38 Google Pixel 7 Cinematic Blur
5:09 Google Pixel 7 Performance Reviewed
6:03 Google Pixel 7 Battery Life
7:38 Should You Buy a Google Pixel 7?

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69 Comments

  1. hkoon happy

    October 12, 2022 at 5:07 pm

    8x digital zoom is incredible.

  2. Ryan Stewart

    October 12, 2022 at 5:07 pm

    I just wanted to know if the fingerprint was any better

    • Alex

      October 12, 2022 at 5:12 pm

      It is. I saw on other review.

    • moved channels

      October 12, 2022 at 5:29 pm

      according to mkbhd about the same

    • Vishal Venkat

      October 12, 2022 at 5:31 pm

      @moved channels I tried unlocking my S22 the same way he showed trying to unlock the pixel 7 and the S22 took the same amount of tries. He has an unreasonable testing method.

    • Christopher

      October 12, 2022 at 5:49 pm

      @Vishal Venkat usually if your fingers are oily, or wet the reader won’t read your fingerprint properly. My s22 ultra unlocks immediately with one try.

  3. caveman 55

    October 12, 2022 at 5:09 pm

    2nd

  4. moved channels

    October 12, 2022 at 5:34 pm

    I like the colors and the sky on pixels cinematic blur. the iPhones sky looks blown out

    • Black Parade

      October 12, 2022 at 10:43 pm

      Edge detection is much better on iPhone though. Cinematic Video on Pixel looks really bad imo

    • message me on telegram👉@CNET3

      October 12, 2022 at 10:49 pm

      @Black Parade Congratulation you won%🎊🎁🎁🎁….

  5. Igor Marcos

    October 12, 2022 at 5:41 pm

    I couldn’t care less about cameras, yet every video talks about that for over hald the lenght
    We are in 2022, every flagship camera is the same for most people, jeez…

    • Christopher

      October 12, 2022 at 5:51 pm

      It’s the main selling point because most smart phones look similar these days. They took away top features like extendable storage and a headphone jack so now they will harp on cameras until everyone is blue in the face.

    • Ms7b

      October 12, 2022 at 9:25 pm

      Every flagship phone is powerful nowadays, the difference always comes down to the cameras.

    • Christopher

      October 12, 2022 at 9:31 pm

      @Ms7b google has dominated the market for still photos and from what I understand Apple has the video recording on lock. Despite Samsung being able to shoot 8K which no one is really using that much yet, considering the amount of space it eats up.

  6. hienho15

    October 12, 2022 at 5:43 pm

    I like her review.

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      October 12, 2022 at 10:27 pm

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  7. Ravi Raj

    October 12, 2022 at 5:51 pm

    Nice review. BTW. Was that Street fighter arcade machine in the background 👍

  8. Jahranimo

    October 12, 2022 at 6:02 pm

    Solid review. Jumping from the 4a to the 7 will be great.

    • irfan M

      October 12, 2022 at 6:11 pm

      enjoy

  9. Damian Perez

    October 12, 2022 at 6:25 pm

    Cnet used to be the go-to for tech, what happened, I know they used to have a lot of talent

    • Black Parade

      October 12, 2022 at 10:43 pm

      This is a good video. Better than MrWhoseTheBoss’s video.

  10. Rai Rai

    October 12, 2022 at 6:41 pm

    The Google Pixel 6 Series and Pixel 7 Series are pretty much the SAME. Starting from the Camera Sensor and SoC. Camera sensor still uses ISOCELL GN1 and Tensor G2 only improves the quality of AI and Machine Learning.

  11. Christopher Harris

    October 12, 2022 at 6:42 pm

    would you upgrade from the pixel 5 🤔

    • Joseph Dunson

      October 12, 2022 at 7:29 pm

      I did from the regular 4

  12. Yaroslav Mironenko

    October 12, 2022 at 6:42 pm

    What to buy: Pixel 7 or IPhone 13?

    I am an apple user with 10 years of experience, but six months ago I crashed my iphone 7 plus and temporarily switched to android before the fall apple and Google presentations

    • Juan Barraza

      October 12, 2022 at 7:06 pm

      Get a 13 Pro Max it’s sleek and has the good refresh rate and big screen like the 7plus. Also you should be able to find it for cheaper.

    • Yaroslav Mironenko

      October 12, 2022 at 7:23 pm

      @Juan Barraza in Germany it’s unprofitable purchase. Prices became higher on pro versions of old apple products

    • Kyan Gonzalez

      October 13, 2022 at 1:25 am

      @Yaroslav Mironenko then the pixel 7 it is

  13. Micca Koster

    October 12, 2022 at 6:49 pm

    I’m using pixel 5a and pixel 7 not worth the upgrade to me

  14. Sam Simpson

    October 12, 2022 at 6:49 pm

    Don’t buy if you have a pixel 6? I wasn’t planning on it but Best buys $480 trade in plus $100 gift card is a no brainer for me.

  15. Denny dT

    October 12, 2022 at 6:51 pm

    I am upgrading my pixel 6 because off the fingerprint and face unlock 👌

    • brad jackson

      October 12, 2022 at 9:26 pm

      same here. also it’ll be 178 after trading in the 6 at best buy so it’s a great deal.

    • Ale Rodriguez

      October 12, 2022 at 10:36 pm

      Ya know p7 if support mmwave bands

  16. Austin

    October 12, 2022 at 7:09 pm

    One major issue I had with the Pixel 6 (and went through three phones) was that when you have the screen set to very low brightness, grays weren’t consistent. One phone the entire bottom half of screen was red. The second the right half of the screen was green and the third the left side green.
    How’s the Pixel 7?

  17. Alex Vazquez

    October 12, 2022 at 7:10 pm

    Do support Mmwave bands?

  18. Sithabelamandlawenkosiwodumoemangalisayo Yebo

    October 12, 2022 at 7:16 pm

    Wait! Blind people taking selfies?? Is that as thing?

    • Kyan Gonzalez

      October 13, 2022 at 1:24 am

      Yes….they still have hands yk..

  19. Neg Koray

    October 12, 2022 at 7:26 pm

    It’s so ugly 😩. Along with that new UI, this is THE ugliest smartphone out right now.

    • Anthony L.C

      October 13, 2022 at 12:26 am

      Have you seen an iPhone for the past several years? Now those are ugly.

    • Kyan Gonzalez

      October 13, 2022 at 1:22 am

      Apple stann how’s it going?
      Ur the reason why I left the apple ecosystem the toxcity when you guys see another phone excel that’s not apple is crazy

  20. Aniket Gowardhan

    October 12, 2022 at 7:31 pm

    Brilliant Review Pixel7 is my favourite phone of the year ❤️

  21. Sha-Melly

    October 12, 2022 at 7:59 pm

    What case is she using?

  22. Erick Schuster de Oliveira

    October 12, 2022 at 8:05 pm

    crap

  23. allen david

    October 12, 2022 at 8:45 pm

    Good thorough review,enjoyable to watch

  24. Ronnie Westmoreland

    October 12, 2022 at 9:30 pm

    If it works smoothly software wise with face unlock, higher brightness and has more stability with the G2 chip the pixel 7 would be a great upgrade. But I think I’ll take a wait and see approach this year to ensure that there are no repeat tensor bugs.

  25. Gail's new and vintage

    October 13, 2022 at 12:18 am

    Does the 7 have the option to select square mode for all photos? I have the 4a and have to edit each photo to get square mode.

    • Tech Nerd

      October 13, 2022 at 6:28 pm

      I think that’s a software option in the phone app. So yes, it should have it.

  26. RockOutToThis

    October 13, 2022 at 1:42 am

    What about those of us with P5s lol

  27. The JK Show

    October 13, 2022 at 2:15 am

    Great review! I have the z flip 4 and had the pixel 6 last year, which I sold because it was too buggy, do you think the pixel 7 is a better device overall than the z flip 4?

  28. J

    October 13, 2022 at 2:20 am

    No contest if purchasing for software and updates google for the win.
    Samsung may promise but always fails to deliver.
    My S21 is always a month behind on security updates and once again failed to receive today as scheduled.

  29. Game Star GS

    October 13, 2022 at 2:23 am

    Same old cameras, all they did was change the design a little bit & shrink the battery.. thats not good enough for me.

    • Tech Nerd

      October 13, 2022 at 6:37 pm

      they did much more than that. You should watch some of the more detail reviews. cnet review is a gloss-over and not a detailed review.

  30. 3lectronic0

    October 13, 2022 at 2:26 am

    I’m not impressed, and the Pro version has average battery, terrible “fast charge” and curve display, three strikes 👎 7 Pro with better battery life, flat screen and 7 size would be perfect 👌

  31. Kevin Clark

    October 13, 2022 at 2:47 am

    Yeah, the galaxy looks better. But then you gotta live with the Galaxy trash junkware. Samsung nobody likes Bixby, nobody likes your SMS or phone app. Just make hardware and go away.

  32. somali_socialist

    October 13, 2022 at 4:47 am

    In the UK, Google is offering Pixel Watch LTE for free with every Pixel 7 Pro, so this will be an easy purchase.

  33. Alex A

    October 13, 2022 at 6:18 am

    If I want to purchase this phone, should I be worried it only has 3 years OS update support? I understand it has 5 year security update support. But isn’t OS update support just as important? Doesn’t OS updates include the latest security updates? Android makes it so confusing. I wish they’d be like Apple and just give 5 years for both updates. It will make it so much easier to decide.

  34. Nizar Noor

    October 13, 2022 at 8:39 am

    Still too big, which sucks. I’m so sick of big phones. And no, I’m not interested in budget phones with low specs.

    • TheCollector316

      October 13, 2022 at 10:36 am

      I’m in the same boat. Why is it so hard to make a small version of a flagship phone? The smaller phone always has gimped specs.

  35. TheCollector316

    October 13, 2022 at 10:26 am

    Thank goodness they got rid of the two-toned design. That looks awful to me.

    I bought the Pixel 7 Pro. It’s my first Google device. I’m looking forward to it. It edged out the Sony Xperia 5 IV for me due to a trade-in deal with the Pixel.

  36. John Ekow

    October 13, 2022 at 11:06 am

    I want the pixel 7 in black but I’m satisfied with the pixel 6.

  37. B Blackwell

    October 13, 2022 at 1:10 pm

    CNET don’t buy the pixel because it’s a slight upgrade.

    CNET buy the iPhone even though it’s a slight upgrade

  38. Aamir Barry

    October 13, 2022 at 1:18 pm

    Exclellent review

  39. Nevets Coulibaly

    October 13, 2022 at 1:36 pm

    what’sthe purpose of taking a selfie you can’t even see afterwards?

  40. Vinay Prakash

    October 13, 2022 at 2:56 pm

    Is there any problem with the color grading of this video?

  41. maxrockbin

    October 13, 2022 at 5:01 pm

    Something EVERY review gets wrong? 3D info is used in FaceUnlock: It uses the split/dual focus in each pixel of the front camera to create some depth info. So it’s not purely 2d, per Google. No one has confirmed this that I’ve seen by testing it with a face photo.

  42. Vincent Koech

    October 13, 2022 at 7:24 pm

    The blurred photo of you from 10 years ago 😮

  43. Mr. Beat n Skeet

    October 13, 2022 at 9:44 pm

    My LG G6 just took a dirt nap. Ordered a Pixel 7 to replace it. Pretty pumped.

  44. Omen Lock

    October 13, 2022 at 9:55 pm

    I have been using pixel 6 pro, and I still do not get the best carrier network connectivity, my finger print scanner is still not the best, my battery life still sucks, and most of the time I am just loading Amazon app when I click my account and YouTube end up loading for 10sec when I click on library, and lowlight front camera picture looks worst, so I paid google to make pixel 7 good phone and I still don’t get great trade in value to get pixel 7 pro.

  45. Adam Tajyar

    October 14, 2022 at 12:02 am

    The pixel is trash.

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