Google’s Pixel Professional Eight would possibly profit from a brand new built-in thermometer, if the most recent leak from the grapevine proves right.

Android Police (opens in new tab) noticed a leaked video, purportedly of the next-gen Pixel Professional, which comes from 91mobiles (opens in new tab) and @Za_Raczke on Twitter, exhibiting off the handset back and front – and that new sensor.

👀 Check out this primary ever actual life recording of the upcoming Pixel Eight Professional and its new thermometer sensor in my new leak, completely on @91mobiles!https://t.co/Sbpc9Y6rbaMay 18, 2023

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The video clip (which you’ll be able to watch under) is in regards to the sensor which measures your physique temperature. You employ it by holding the sensor near your pores and skin, and principally shifting it throughout your brow to your temple.

The smartphone’s temperature sensor can be utilized on objects, too, not simply your physique.

We will see that the design of the Google Pixel Professional Eight could be very a lot in the identical vein because the Pixel Professional 7. There are slight variations, just like the rear digital camera configuration, which has all of the cameras grouped collectively within the capsule housing (however the raised strip throughout the again with the cameras in it stays the identical).

We will anticipate extra leaks on the Pixel Professional Eight within the close to future as @Za_Raczke tells us that “that is solely the start”.

Evaluation: Tepid take

This can be a little bit of an odd one. The leak tells us Google is just about treading the identical path because the Pixel Professional 7 with the Professional 8, and the most important addition into the combination right here is one which’s, nicely, of doubtful worth – or no less than a distinct segment factor.

Okay, so there are occasions when it’s helpful to take your temperature, like whenever you’re unwell, simply to be sure you aren’t actually burning up. However you possibly can simply use a thermometer for these (seemingly) fairly uncommon events – though admittedly, scanning your pores and skin is a much less intrusive method of going about measuring your temperature than a conventional (stick underneath your tongue) thermometer.

It’s fast and handy, definitely – offering you don’t get misreads and must do it repeatedly. Accuracy will, in fact, be key to how this new function goes down, and previous implementations of temperature sensors on telephones haven’t precisely been a giant hit (just like the Galaxy S4, method, method again).

Briefly, this all appears a bit out of left subject. Is a thermometer high of your wish-list for the subsequent Google Pixel Professional? Is it even in your wish-list for that matter? Nope, ours neither. Ahh, nicely.