As our off-the-cuff tests show, the Pixel 8 Pro’s sensor is simply too inaccurate to be used for any precise measurements, and the short range makes it particularly inconvenient to try to either.

The video indicates that the temperature sensor is the white circle. The 91mobiles report says the sensor is an infrared thermometer and similar to what most contactless thermometers use.

While we didn’t find much practical use for the temperature sensor in our Google Pixel 8 Pro review, mainly for the fact that you literally need to point the sensor close to the object to record ...