“To boost your videos, turn on backup in settings, or back up this individual video”
“To use Video Boost, you need to back up this video, which requires signing in with your Google Account”
“Waiting to back up video”
“Backing up for Video Boost. This may take some time. A notification will be sent when your video is ready”
“Boosting video quality. This may take some time. A notification will be sent when your video is ready.”
“This may take some time depending on video length, internet speed, and battery status. A notification will be sent when your video is ready.”
“Boosting your video won’t affect your phone’s battery life or performance, but it may take some time. A notification will be sent when your video is ready.”
From this list, we can glean that you must be signed in to a Google account to use Video Boost and that it might take some time for a video to go through the process before it comes back to the Pixel 8 Pro “boosted.” And strings of code show that Pixel 8 Pro users can choose to have a “boosted” video exported as an AVC or HEVC file so that it can be played back in the best quality available on the Pixel 8 Pro unit that submitted the video in the first place.
Check out the video that accompanies this story as it shows how Night Sight Video and Video Boost improve the quality of video on the Pixel 8 Pro.
