Google just accidentally showed off the Pixel 8 Pro
The Google Pixel 8 line will likely be out for just over a month, but you won’t have to wait that long to get an official look at the Pixel 8 Pro as Google has shown off the phone in a marketing image – they it accidentally.
The image – which was found by @android_setting on the Google Store website – seems to have been removed, unsurprisingly, but not before it leaked Mishal Rahman shared it. Unfortunately, we don’t get a full view of the phone, but you can see the top half of the back.
It’s very similar to existing models in that regard, complete with a distinctive Pixel camera visor that wraps across the rear, but that’s no bad thing considering we praised this design in our Pixel 7 Pro review.
Here’s a look at the Google Pixel 8 Pro in porcelain. This image comes from the Google Store website, which accidentally published this image early on the promotion page for “Google Plans and Services.” Thanks to @android_setting for the tip! pic.twitter.com/nARd4Hz8hkAugust 30, 2023
This is clearly a new phone, though, as while it resembles the Pixel 7 Pro, it doesn’t look identical, with the camera lenses all housed in a black cutout in the visor, where the 7 Pro only puts two. of the three lenses in it. An additional sensor is also shown next to the flash on the Pixel 8 Pro, which is believed to be a temperature sensor.
This design matches previously leaked Pixel 8 Pro renders, by the way, so it’s as we expected.
Porcelain and other possible shades
Besides the image itself, Rahman shared that the alternate text reads: “Someone is taking a call on a Pixel 8 Pro porcelain phone.” So we now know not only what one of the Pixel 8 Pro colors will be, but also what it will be called. It’s a hue we’ve heard mentioned in a leak before, alongside Jade, Licorice, and Sky. So chances are those other three Pixel 8 Pro colors will also show up.
That said, a recent leak out 9to5Google makes no mention of the Jade shade. But it does claim that there will be a porcelain white, a sky blue and a black shade similar to the Obsidian color of the Pixel Fold, which could be officially called Licorice based on the leak above.
We should know soon, because if Google launches promotional images – even by accident – then it’s likely that the Pixel 8 line will be unveiled soon. New models usually appear in early or mid-October, so that’s our best guess when we might see the new best Pixel phones.