Should I upgrade my Pixel 8?
The Google Pixel 8 went on sale on 4 October 2023. It has a 6.2-inch display, a weight of 187 g, the Google Tensor G3 chip, a 50 MP main camera and 128 GB of storage to start. Security updates are committed until 1 October 2030. Every figure in the Google Pixel 8 specifications below links the page it came from and the date it was read.
3 years oldPatched until 2030-10-01Read
Is it still supported?
Yes. Google has committed to security updates for the Pixel 8 until 2030-10-01. A phone that is still patched is not a phone you have to replace.endoflife.date — Pixel, retrieved 2026-08-20
What the Pixel 10 changes
The newest Google phone in this line is the Pixel 10 at £699, released 28 August 2025. Judged row by row against our published thresholds; the full table is at Pixel 10 vs Pixel 8.
On the makers’ figures and the named third-party sources, the Pixel 10 wins on peak brightness (3,000 nits against 2,000 nits), typical brightness (2,000 nits against 1,400 nits), HDR peak brightness (2,000 nits against 1,400 nits) and Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core) (5,397 against 3,450, both from Geekbench Browser). 2 gaps are borderline, differences most people would not notice: weight (187 g against 204 g) for the Pixel 8 and RAM (12 GB against 8 GB) for the Pixel 10. The differences in display size, battery capacity and wireless charging are below the thresholds you would notice. Both state the same refresh rate, storage (base) and fast charging. The other 34 rows have no threshold or no direction to judge by, so nobody wins them.
- Peak brightness: 2,000 nits → 3,000 nits
- Typical brightness: 1,400 nits → 2,000 nits
- HDR peak brightness: 1,400 nits → 2,000 nits
- Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core): 3,450 → 5,397
- Weight: 187 g → 204 g borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
- RAM: 8 GB → 12 GB borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
Other makers at the price
Phones from other makers released within a year of the Pixel 10 and priced within a quarter of its £699, nearest price first, each judged the same way against your Pixel 8 — or, where that pair is not one this site indexes, against the Pixel 10.
What yours is worth
Our reading of the figures
The Pixel 8 is committed to security updates until 1 October 2030, so nothing forces a move yet.
The Pixel 10 clears our noticeable threshold on 4 rows: peak brightness, typical brightness, HDR peak brightness, Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core). 2 more gaps are borderline, which most people would not notice. Nothing goes backwards.
At £699 new, less the £198 CeX was paying for a grade A Pixel 8 on 2026-08-14, the move costs about £501.
Every sentence above is built from the figures on this page by a rule, not written for this phone: a support date, the rows that clear a published threshold, a price and a trade-in. There is no score and no recommendation. The methodology page has the thresholds and where they come from. Every phone’s version of this page is listed at All upgrade questions.