WHY is this feature not available on the Pixel 8?!

In this episode of TechFocus, I cover three things:
- What was announced in Pixel December Feature Drop;
- My thoughts on the release and what it potentially means for users of non-pro Pixel phones going forward, and;
- The problem with the exclusivity of features between the regular and Pro Pixel phones, as well as between the U.S. and the rest of the world.

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- Google Gemini: https://deepmind.google/technologies/...
- Android Police Article on Summarise in Recorder: https://www.androidpolice.com/google-...
- December Pixel Feature Drop information: https://store.google.com/intl/en/idea...
- TechRadar Article on US-Only features: https://www.techradar.com/phones/outs....
- 9to5 Google Video on Video Boost:    • Google Pixel 8 Pro: Video Boost FULL ...  
- Understand Passkeys in 4 Minutes:    • Understand passkeys in 4 minutes  

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 What we're going to cover in this episode!
00:43 December Pixel Feature Drop announcements
2:26 Pixel 8 Pro Exclusive Features
7:14 Pixel 8 Exclusive Feature
8:16 Portrait Light Feature Demo
9:29 Photo Unblur upgrades
10:01 How to Use Your Pixel 8 as a Webcam
12:26 Document Clean feature
14:09 Additional features
19:05 Software Blocking of Features on the Pixel 8
20:50 U.S.-only features
21:55 Why Gemini Nano is exciting!