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The Pixel 8 Pro is one goofy way to take your temperature
There’s a reason you don’t take selfies with the rear camera.
Earlier this week, Google updated the Pixel 8 Pro to let its strange new temperature sensor finally take readings of human bodies.I regret to inform you that, having used it, it doesn’t make this feature any less baffling. Ostensibly, this is something that Google started building in 2020 and 2021 — a time when restaurants and other public spaces were scanning people’s temperatures to screen for covid-19. Theoretically, I could then whip out a Pixel 8 Pro and proceed to have an awkward time using the rear camera and sensor to measure my temperature.
Or read this on The Verge
