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Here's how the Pixel 8 Pro's FDA-cleared body temperature sensor works

Your smartphone can now tell if you have a fever.

Since then, Google has earned certification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its body temperature app and thus brought the feature to Pixel 8 Pro phones. (Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)Google notes that it's best to use the Pixel 8 Pro close to the person's forehead in order to get an accurate reading. “It’s basically a big cone that the sensor takes in,” said Ravi Narasimhan, a research and development technical lead at Google, in the press release.

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