Pixel 4 XL Complete Walkthrough - Still the Camera King

**The Google Pixel 4 XL: A Camera-Focused Smartphone**

The Google Pixel 4 XL is a camera-focused smartphone that boasts impressive computational photography capabilities. One of its standout features is the ability to switch between two cameras, which can be done through either a tap on the screen and slider or by pinching to zoom. However, unlike most manufacturers, the Pixel 4 XL does not have a tap-to-switch feature between cameras, instead relying on pinch-to-zoom for optical zoom and past the double telephoto lens.

The phone's camera software is heavily reliant on machine learning, allowing users to adjust brightness and shadows separately in a viewfinder live. This enables users to edit the photo before taking it, which is a clever use of technology. The Pixel 4 XL also features Night Sight, which takes multiple photos of varying exposures and combines them to create a better-lit image. While other manufacturers have similar capabilities, the Pixel 4 XL's implementation remains impressive.

Portrait mode on the Pixel 4 XL mimics the shallow depth-of-field effect seen in DSLR or mirrorless cameras, thanks to computational photography. For video, the phone can shoot in up to 4K at 30 frames per second with optical and electronic stabilization built-in. The phone also features Panorama, Photosphere, Slow-motion, Time-lapse, and AR camera modes.

**Camera Modes**

The Pixel 4 XL offers a range of advanced camera modes that showcase its computational photography capabilities. Night Sight takes multiple photos of varying exposures and combines them to create a better-lit image, which is particularly useful for capturing low-light scenes. The phone's ability to use machine learning to adjust brightness and shadows separately in the viewfinder live enables users to edit the photo before taking it.

Portrait mode uses computational photography to mimic the shallow depth-of-field effect seen in DSLR or mirrorless cameras, creating a pleasing bokeh effect. For video, the Pixel 4 XL can shoot in up to 4K at 30 frames per second with optical and electronic stabilization built-in. Panorama mode allows users to stitch multiple photos together to create a panoramic shot, while Photosphere enables users to capture 360-degree photos.

Slow-motion allows users to shoot videos in 1080p at either 1/4 or 1/8 the speed, while Time-lapse mode enables users to shoot time lapses in 1080p at various intervals. AR camera mode allows users to place digital objects in the real world and interact with them.

**Software**

The Pixel 4 XL runs on a stock version of Android 10 with the Google launcher on top. The home screen can be customized by swiping left or right to access additional screens, widgets, and app icons. Users can also use gesture navigation enabled by default, which allows for easy switching between apps and accessing quick actions.

To customize gesture navigation, users can enable OG Android Navigation keys in Settings. Additionally, users can share this video of the Pixel 4 XL's camera capabilities in the comments below or check out more real-world tests to learn more about its performance.

**Availability and Pricing**

The Google Pixel 4 XL is available for purchase starting at $7.99, with a price that increases accordingly depending on storage capacity. Users can find more information about the phone and its features by visiting the link below.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enI'm Sergeant eNOS backwards but whatever Google sent me there pixel for Excel and I've already done my real-world test I'll never write can I check out the camera and the battery and see how that does you can check out the link here or here it's one of their but now today we're going to do the complete walkthrough on it now if you guys aren't familiar fully walking those channels where I try to go through every feature I possibly can't on no device so that you guys are better prepared to you be in the market to actually go buy one with that said there's a lot to go through so let's get started with the styling servers up there is the pixel for the small variety and then the pixel for Excel the obviously extra-large one the two devices are basically identical though the only differences are the screen size 5.7 inches on the four and six point three inches on the excel and the battery 3700 milliamps on the excel and a concerning lis small 2,700 amps on the for the screen on either device is a 90 Hertz Pio LED display with a nineteen by nine aspect ratio and thankfully no more knotch we do have a slight bezel at the top compared to a lot of other flagships out right now but it doesn't bother me as much as that knotch did and I still like the clean look that it gives speaking of that clean look Google took that pretty seriously on this model we have a matte glass back on either model that comes in white black and orange that frankly I love it reminds me of the matte back on the new iPhone 11 pro and pro max and frankly just has a great feel in the hand that's kind of hard to explain they even took this minimalistic design on the back and remove the fingerprint sensor as well which I have mixed feelings about Google did add some neat hardware near the front-facing camera that makes their face on lock way better than it's ever been performance and security wise but app developers haven't added this biometric unlocking method to their app so where I would normally have just held my finger on the sensor for a sec to log into an app or site I now have to go to manually entering my password in instead I'm sure this will eventually be updated but I imagine not anytime soon speaking of that front facing camera we have an 8 megapixel F 2.0 single camera at the top of the screen that has a 22 millimeter equivalent focal length this is compared to the 28 and 19 millimeter equivalents that the pixel 3xl had on the front now this means it's not as wide at the 19 millimeter one that we all love but at least it's close I guess moving around the phone we have a SIM card slot and isom that you can use Google Fire with four exam on the left our volume rocker and power button on the right nothing at the top on both sides of it pressure sensitive areas that you can squeeze to invoke Google assistant and at the bottom we have our USB C port cable of supporting 18 watt fast charging device also supports Qi charging for wirelessly charging the phone as well no an interesting addition in terms of hardware is the fact they included projects solely on this device up at the top of the screen project soli is basically a miniaturized radar setup that can be used to detect your hand in front of the screen now we've seen this before from people like LG using infrared and visual cameras and the only real difference here is apparently that the system can tell the difference between a cup going over it versus your hand thanks to the radar signatures of each for example right now the only thing that lets you do is wave to dismiss a call dismiss notifications etc go to the next or previous songs and also see notifications when you put your hand close to the screen AUSA though I've never really been able to get it to work very well and so we just don't know that's just how it's been working for me now for audio we have dual speakers that sound like this powering the device we have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor paired with six gigs of RAM and the choice of either 64 or 128 gigs of storage we have Wi-Fi to the tune of 802 dat 11ac and bluetooth 5.0 with optics HD for connectivity which brings us to the big thing everyone wants to see on any pixel device the camera we have dual cameras on the back of the device a 12 point two megapixel F 1.7 aperture dual pixel phase detection autofocus 28 millimeter will then optically stabilized main camera and a 16 megapixel 2 x telephoto f/2 point for a pitcher optically stabilized secondary camera to switch between them you either have to tap on the screen and then use the slider or pinch to zoom as there is no tap to change cameras like most manufacturers opt for which is kind of odd I imagine Google do this because they believe that their pinch to zoom and even past the two times optical zoom is superior to other cameras thanks to all their computational photography that they use to sharpen the image now you will undoubtedly notice the absence of a wide-angle lens which personally I use more than a telephoto myself so I wish it was here but considering that I use the main camera like 90 percent of the time compared to either the telephoto or the wide it's not a total deal-breaker for me at least something else it out to me is an impressive use of machine learning in the camera is the ability to now adjust not just the brightness but also the shadows separately in a viewfinder live using this you can adjust what the phone gives you for the final image and almost edit the photo before you take it which is super clever to me now let's go through all the other camera modes really quick for more computational photography goodness we have night sight now this essentially takes multiple photos of various exposures and combines them to create a better lit photo and even though plenty of other manufacturers have this ability as well now the pixel 4xl night sight still impresses the hell out of me you can also actually use night sight on the pixel to do Astro photography in other words take photos of the stars now the way that this works is you just use night cycle but if the phone is sitting still enough for example on a tripod or just left on the ground somehow it'll actually increase the exposure time to the point where you can get stars to come out next we have portrait mode which is also here of course and it mimics the shallow depth-of-field looked at some DSLR or mirrorless cameras are known to produce again computational photography on the pixel there's a great job of these as we expect now for video the phone can shoot in up to 4k at 30 frames per second and with optical and electronic stabilization built-in panorama panorama panorama panorama panorama mode which does the normal stitching of multiple photos together to create a panoramic shot photosphere lets you create these 360 photos by moving the camera around and mimics the look of Google Street View basically slow-motion allows us to shoot in 1080p at either 1/4 or 1/8 the speed time-lapse allows you to shoot time lapses in 1080p at either 5 10 30 or 120 times normal speed for a sped-up video playground this is basically their AR camera that lets you place digital objects in the real world and interact with them and lens which is a shortcut to the google lens which allows you to use the camera to visually identify and search for things the pixel 4 & 4 excel run on a basically stock version of Android 10 with the Google launcher running on top now essentially you have your home screen you can swipe to the left to get your Google feed with News customized to your search history and interests then you could swipe the other way to get to additional home screens widgets you've added app icons etc you can then swipe down anywhere on the screen to get your notifications and swipe further to get your quick actions which you can customize as well gesture navigation is enabled by default and works like this you swipe up from the bottom of the screen to get to your app drawer if you swipe up and hold for a sec you get to multitasking swiping in from off the left or the right of the screen will allow you to go back swiping up from either bottom corner will bring up Google assistant you can also use the og Android navigation keys by going into settings system gestures system navigation if you prefer as well and finally for anyone curious here are some common benchmark results on the device as well the pixel for the for Excel are available for purchase starting at $7.99 and $8.99 respectively you can find more info on them at the link below there guys let me know to think of this video of the pixels in the comments below also don't forget to check out the real world tests that I mentioned earlier it'll give you more info on like how the battery did how the phone compares to other camera phones out there etc if you like video though please thumbs up or share it's greatly appreciated and check out the rest of the channel feel like we should see there please subscribe and ding the bell next to her subscribe so you can notify when I do new videos also there's a link below to subscribe to my email newsletter it goes out once a week it has all the videos that you hear plus other things that necessarily make it to video like tips and tricks and techniques like that as always though regardless thanks for watchingI'm Sergeant eNOS backwards but whatever Google sent me there pixel for Excel and I've already done my real-world test I'll never write can I check out the camera and the battery and see how that does you can check out the link here or here it's one of their but now today we're going to do the complete walkthrough on it now if you guys aren't familiar fully walking those channels where I try to go through every feature I possibly can't on no device so that you guys are better prepared to you be in the market to actually go buy one with that said there's a lot to go through so let's get started with the styling servers up there is the pixel for the small variety and then the pixel for Excel the obviously extra-large one the two devices are basically identical though the only differences are the screen size 5.7 inches on the four and six point three inches on the excel and the battery 3700 milliamps on the excel and a concerning lis small 2,700 amps on the for the screen on either device is a 90 Hertz Pio LED display with a nineteen by nine aspect ratio and thankfully no more knotch we do have a slight bezel at the top compared to a lot of other flagships out right now but it doesn't bother me as much as that knotch did and I still like the clean look that it gives speaking of that clean look Google took that pretty seriously on this model we have a matte glass back on either model that comes in white black and orange that frankly I love it reminds me of the matte back on the new iPhone 11 pro and pro max and frankly just has a great feel in the hand that's kind of hard to explain they even took this minimalistic design on the back and remove the fingerprint sensor as well which I have mixed feelings about Google did add some neat hardware near the front-facing camera that makes their face on lock way better than it's ever been performance and security wise but app developers haven't added this biometric unlocking method to their app so where I would normally have just held my finger on the sensor for a sec to log into an app or site I now have to go to manually entering my password in instead I'm sure this will eventually be updated but I imagine not anytime soon speaking of that front facing camera we have an 8 megapixel F 2.0 single camera at the top of the screen that has a 22 millimeter equivalent focal length this is compared to the 28 and 19 millimeter equivalents that the pixel 3xl had on the front now this means it's not as wide at the 19 millimeter one that we all love but at least it's close I guess moving around the phone we have a SIM card slot and isom that you can use Google Fire with four exam on the left our volume rocker and power button on the right nothing at the top on both sides of it pressure sensitive areas that you can squeeze to invoke Google assistant and at the bottom we have our USB C port cable of supporting 18 watt fast charging device also supports Qi charging for wirelessly charging the phone as well no an interesting addition in terms of hardware is the fact they included projects solely on this device up at the top of the screen project soli is basically a miniaturized radar setup that can be used to detect your hand in front of the screen now we've seen this before from people like LG using infrared and visual cameras and the only real difference here is apparently that the system can tell the difference between a cup going over it versus your hand thanks to the radar signatures of each for example right now the only thing that lets you do is wave to dismiss a call dismiss notifications etc go to the next or previous songs and also see notifications when you put your hand close to the screen AUSA though I've never really been able to get it to work very well and so we just don't know that's just how it's been working for me now for audio we have dual speakers that sound like this powering the device we have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor paired with six gigs of RAM and the choice of either 64 or 128 gigs of storage we have Wi-Fi to the tune of 802 dat 11ac and bluetooth 5.0 with optics HD for connectivity which brings us to the big thing everyone wants to see on any pixel device the camera we have dual cameras on the back of the device a 12 point two megapixel F 1.7 aperture dual pixel phase detection autofocus 28 millimeter will then optically stabilized main camera and a 16 megapixel 2 x telephoto f/2 point for a pitcher optically stabilized secondary camera to switch between them you either have to tap on the screen and then use the slider or pinch to zoom as there is no tap to change cameras like most manufacturers opt for which is kind of odd I imagine Google do this because they believe that their pinch to zoom and even past the two times optical zoom is superior to other cameras thanks to all their computational photography that they use to sharpen the image now you will undoubtedly notice the absence of a wide-angle lens which personally I use more than a telephoto myself so I wish it was here but considering that I use the main camera like 90 percent of the time compared to either the telephoto or the wide it's not a total deal-breaker for me at least something else it out to me is an impressive use of machine learning in the camera is the ability to now adjust not just the brightness but also the shadows separately in a viewfinder live using this you can adjust what the phone gives you for the final image and almost edit the photo before you take it which is super clever to me now let's go through all the other camera modes really quick for more computational photography goodness we have night sight now this essentially takes multiple photos of various exposures and combines them to create a better lit photo and even though plenty of other manufacturers have this ability as well now the pixel 4xl night sight still impresses the hell out of me you can also actually use night sight on the pixel to do Astro photography in other words take photos of the stars now the way that this works is you just use night cycle but if the phone is sitting still enough for example on a tripod or just left on the ground somehow it'll actually increase the exposure time to the point where you can get stars to come out next we have portrait mode which is also here of course and it mimics the shallow depth-of-field looked at some DSLR or mirrorless cameras are known to produce again computational photography on the pixel there's a great job of these as we expect now for video the phone can shoot in up to 4k at 30 frames per second and with optical and electronic stabilization built-in panorama panorama panorama panorama panorama mode which does the normal stitching of multiple photos together to create a panoramic shot photosphere lets you create these 360 photos by moving the camera around and mimics the look of Google Street View basically slow-motion allows us to shoot in 1080p at either 1/4 or 1/8 the speed time-lapse allows you to shoot time lapses in 1080p at either 5 10 30 or 120 times normal speed for a sped-up video playground this is basically their AR camera that lets you place digital objects in the real world and interact with them and lens which is a shortcut to the google lens which allows you to use the camera to visually identify and search for things the pixel 4 & 4 excel run on a basically stock version of Android 10 with the Google launcher running on top now essentially you have your home screen you can swipe to the left to get your Google feed with News customized to your search history and interests then you could swipe the other way to get to additional home screens widgets you've added app icons etc you can then swipe down anywhere on the screen to get your notifications and swipe further to get your quick actions which you can customize as well gesture navigation is enabled by default and works like this you swipe up from the bottom of the screen to get to your app drawer if you swipe up and hold for a sec you get to multitasking swiping in from off the left or the right of the screen will allow you to go back swiping up from either bottom corner will bring up Google assistant you can also use the og Android navigation keys by going into settings system gestures system navigation if you prefer as well and finally for anyone curious here are some common benchmark results on the device as well the pixel for the for Excel are available for purchase starting at $7.99 and $8.99 respectively you can find more info on them at the link below there guys let me know to think of this video of the pixels in the comments below also don't forget to check out the real world tests that I mentioned earlier it'll give you more info on like how the battery did how the phone compares to other camera phones out there etc if you like video though please thumbs up or share it's greatly appreciated and check out the rest of the channel feel like we should see there please subscribe and ding the bell next to her subscribe so you can notify when I do new videos also there's a link below to subscribe to my email newsletter it goes out once a week it has all the videos that you hear plus other things that necessarily make it to video like tips and tricks and techniques like that as always though regardless thanks for watching\n"