Google Pixel 8 just leaked by Google itself — here's your first look - Tom's Guide

You would imagine that Google would love to take the spotlight away from Apple’s iPhone 15 announcement next month, but it’s hard to say if the company’s recent Pixel 8 Pro leak is accidental. The unannounced Pixel flagship was recently spotted just chilling in plain view on a Google Store page, which was eventually taken down. It really does make us wonder if it was accidental or not, given Google’s past history of notoriously leaking its own phones.

The image shows a man placing a phone call with the phone in question, which features the noticeable camera arrangement and bump used by the last couple generations of the flagship. One of the more obvious clues that it’s indeed the Google Pixel 8 Pro is the phone’s color — porcelain — which was speculated as one of the four color options when the phone’s wallpapers were leaked back in June.

Another clue that distinguishes it as the Pixel 8 Pro is a closer look at the camera arrangement. It lines up with past leaks that show a wider cutout that encompasses all three lenses on the back. That’s one of the main differences between it and the current Pixel 7 Pro, which has one cutout that covers the main and ultrawide lens — and a separate one for the telephoto lens.

While these two clues certainly support that it’s the Pixel 8 Pro, Google itself makes it undeniably clear based on the image’s alt-text description. According to @Android_Setting on Twitter / X, the image’s alt-text description reads: “A person takes a call on a...

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