Camera

Big Essential Phone Camera Update Adds Auto-HDR, New HDR Algorithm

Kellen February 8, 2018 21

The Essential Phone, even with its below-average performance, touch responsiveness, and camera, still has me holding out hope for update magic that'll eliminate its flaws and allow the phone's software to stop embarrassing its incredible build and design. It'...

Google Turns on Pixel Visual Core for 3rd Party Apps in Pixel 2 February Update (Updated)

Kellen February 5, 2018 24

Google's Pixel Visual Core, the company's first custom chip that helps 3rd party camera apps utilize their HDR+ technology, will be turned on for all Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL users with the February Android security patch. That update should go live later today,...

Samsung Galaxy S9’s Variable Aperture Camera Should Look and Work Like This

Kellen January 26, 2018 35

Samsung's big teaser for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ event on February 25 hints at one thing: a "reimagined" camera. Since we're mostly expecting familiar designs with the new S9 line, it's clear that Samsung is going to try and set itself apart by going all...

Google Launches Two New Experimental Photography Apps for Android

Tim December 11, 2017 12

Google launched three new photography applications this week, two of which are available for Android, with the third being exclusive to iOS. The apps are called Storyboard, Selfissimo!, and Scrubbies (iOS exclusive). As Google puts it in a recent blog post, "...

Pixel 2 has Google’s First In-House Chipset Called Pixel Visual Core, Aims to Bring HDR+ to More Apps

Kellen October 17, 2017 14

All of the talk in recent years about Google possibly designing its own in-house chipsets for phones has come true in a way on the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. This morning, Google announced that both phones contain Google's first custom-designed System on Chip (...

Google’s Camera App With Working HDR+ Gets Ported to Galaxy S8, Others

Kellen August 14, 2017 90

The camera in the Google Pixel and Pixel XL is often referenced as being one of the best in all of smartphones. Part of that is because of the hardware that Google uses, but a good chunk of the excellence comes from the Google Camera app and its HDR+...

Thursday Poll: Are Dual Cameras an Important Feature to You?

Kellen June 29, 2017 113

If you were to ask me what the hot smartphone trend of the moment is, I'd probably go with dual cameras. The OnePlus 5 just dropped and it has dual cameras, a setup that OnePlus has spent a heck of a lot of time talking about. We know the iPhone 7 Plus has...

Google Pixel / Pixel XL Camera Review

Kellen October 18, 2016 148

At the unveiling of the Google Pixel and Pixel XL, Google couldn't help but brag about the 12.3MP Sony camera they included in each phone. With 1.55um pixels, f/2.0, video stabilization, and a supposed speedster of a shutter, the level of hype surrounding this...