Easy Google Pixel 8 Root Tutorial with Magisk - Pixel 8 Pro Supported

We can root the Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro with Magisk and a simple Fastboot command executed from a PC. ~~~~~ Video Description ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have the Google Pixel 8 here and in today&video I&be showing you how to root this Android smartphone with the help of a superuser tool called Magisk. For those of you who own the Pixel 8 Pro, you should be aware that the steps I show you today will work exactly the same on your device. So it doesn&matter if you have the smaller or the larger variant. Both devices can be rooted by following this video. But before we can begin, you must have some things setup ahead of time. For example, we can&root this phone if the bootloader is locked, so the first we need to do is unlock the bootloader. We then need to sideload the Magisk application to the Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro. Now, we also need to download the Google firmware that matches the version we currently have installed. This will be a ZIP file that needs to be extracted to your desktop or laptop PC. Now you&find another ZIP file within this firmware. And you can either extract the contents of that file, or you can just go inside the file and pick out the init_boot.img file. This is the file that needs to be patched with Magisk and flashed to our Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro before we are able to gain root access. So let&take this file and copy it to our smartphone. Now we&going to open up the Magisk app. Tap on the Install button up here. And then choose the Select and...