Its been over a month now for me with the Pixel 8 and GOS. I really like it. Recently been using the profiles to keep banking apps with google service/framework separate from the zero google stuff default admin profile. That is slick indeed.
One thing I really miss though is my oneplus 6 phone had a small led light on it. It was used to tell me when the battery was charging, how full the battery was (changing colors) and if it was flashing it meant I had a important notification. The Pixel 8 is just a mystery, is it charging, any missed notifications? The only way to know is to touch it I guess.
I'm not sure about the hardware on a pixel 8 except that the USB is not a flex cable but soldered in :-( ,however I thought looking at a tear down video it looked like the fingerprint sensor has its own lcd backlight? I am probably wrong, but this would be cool to use like a led if it was the case. Like a dim backlight right at the fingerprint reader. Just a idea that would be cool.