Google Camera is a camera phone application developed by Google for the Android operating system. Development for the application began in 2011 at the Google X research incubator led by Marc Levoy, which was developing image fusion technology for Google Glass.[1] It was publicly released for Android 4.4+ on the Google Play Store on April 16, 2014.[2] It was initially supported on all devices running Android 4.4 KitKat and higher, but became only officially supported on Google Pixel devices in the following years.
Google Camera (Android 4.4 )
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Starting with Pixel devices, the camera app has been aided with hardware accelerators to perform its image processing. The first generation of Pixel phones used Qualcomm's Hexagon DSPs and Adreno GPUs to accelerate image processing. The Pixel 2 and Pixel 3 (but not the Pixel 3a) include the Pixel Visual Core to aid with image processing. The Pixel 4 introduced the Pixel Neural Core.[3]
The Pixel 4 featured an improved Portrait mode, the machine learning algorithm uses parallax information from the telephoto and the Dual Pixels, and the difference between the telephoto camera and wide camera to create more accurate depth maps.[30] For the front facing camera, it uses the parallax information from the front facing camera and IR cameras.[31] The blur effect is applied at the Raw stage before the tone-mapping stage for more realistic SLR-like bokeh effect.[10][30]
The camera offers a functionality powered by Google Lens, which allows the camera to copy text it sees, identify products, books and movies and search similar ones, identify animals and plants, and scan barcodes and QR codes, among other things.
Night Sight is based on a similar principle to exposure stacking, used in astrophotography. Night Sight uses modified HDR+ or Super Res Zoom algorithms. Once the user presses the trigger, multiple long exposure shots are taken, up to 15x 1/15 second exposure or 6x of 1 second exposure, to create up to a 6-second exposure. The motion metering and tile-based processing of the image allows to reduce, if not cancel, camera shake, resulting in a clear and properly exposed shot. Google claims it can handle up to 8% displacement frame to frame. And each frame is broken into around 12,000 tiles. It also introduced a learning-based AWB algorithm for more accurate white balance in low light.[36][37][10]
Astrophotography mode activates automatically when Night Sight mode is enabled and the phone detects it is on a stable support such as a tripod. In this mode, the camera averages up to fifteen 16-second exposures, to create a 4-minute exposure to significantly improve shot noise. By dividing the shot into several shorter exposures, the camera manages to achieve the light capture of a long exposure without having to deal with star trails, which would otherwise require moving the phone very precisely during the exposure to compensate for the earth's rotation. Astrophotography mode also includes improved algorithms to remove hot pixels and warm pixels caused by dark current and convolutional neural network to detect skies for sky-specific noise reduction.[42] Astrophotography mode was introduced with the Pixel 4, and backported to the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a.[15][43][10]
In 2016 a modified version brought HDR+ featuring Zero Shutter Lag (ZSL) on back to the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P.[48] In mid-2017, a modified version of Google Camera was created for any smartphone equipped with a Snapdragon 820, 821 or 835 processor.[49] In 2018, developers released modified versions enabling Night Sight on non-Pixel phones.[50] In August 2020, a new way of accessing extra cameras was introduced,[51] removing the need to use root on phones that don't expose all cameras for third party apps.[52]
All of which makes the Google Camera app a bit of an oddity. Honestly, we do not think it represents a massive step forward for the default camera app on your device, especially if you have any device that costs upwards of USD 200. But yes, if you are looking for a simple camera app that does things fast, then this is a decent option. Mind you, it is available only for devices running Android 4.4 (KitKat), most of which are high-end ones anyway and come with pretty powerful camera apps themselves.
After a million and one leaks, the Nexus 5 has finally been announced. There aren't too many surprises on the hardware front: the device packs a 4.95-inch 1080p IPS LCD, a 2.26GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM, an 8MP camera, and a 2300 mAh battery. The Nexus 5 is made by LG and internally seems very similar to the G2 (aside from a smaller battery and camera). Most importantly, the Nexus 5 ships with a new version of Android KitKat, version 4.4. KitKat brings across-the-board memory improvements, a new full-screen mode, a smart dialer, and a refreshed home screen experience.
The rear camera sensor, while seemingly normally sized, has a massive outer lens attached to it. Like the G2's camera, the Nexus 5's camera is equipped with optical image stabilization, but the G2 didn't require the huge outer lens the way the Nexus 5 does.
Update: Latest version of Google Camera HDR+ Port is being updated with Zero Shutter Lag. This also supports many more Android phones and fixes major bugs. With the gradual rise of Android devices, we saw an ever-evolving picture of notable features like Maps, Camera, Cloud storage etc. to name a few. And speaking of which smartphone camera has come a long way and evolved technically.Now we see HD Camera features available all around from low-range to high ranged smartphones.Thanks to Google, for its user-friendly approach, smartphone camera technology got few steps ahead.Now Google has let out the Google Camera App in a more enhanced avatar with HDR+ technology.Yes, Google Camera with HDR+ guarantees great picture quality and easier user interface. In a more simpler sense, you can click amazing photos without the need to have deep knowledge of photography/editing RAW images.
To everyone who wants a mini-DSLR on their older Android device, check out Google's KitKat camera [No Longer Available]. Unfortunately, only the latest devices can get it. For those with older gadgets, I bring great news: You can install the app on any Jelly Bean device. It only requires a few extra special steps.
Again, you only need root access on Android 4.2 (and perhaps earlier editions). Acquiring root access differs from device to device. The rooting process sometimes causes damage. For this reason, I suggest installing the much lower risk 4.3 Google Camera app. However, those aware of the risks may wish to attempt installing the Android 4.4 camera app.
For everyone else, you can install Focal from the Play Store [No Longer Available], which uses an open source implementation of the Google Camera Photosphere function and should run on any device running Android 4.1 and up. Unfortunately, it didn't work on any device that I tested it on. If developers get it working, it will bring wide-angle photography to cameras everywhere -- if they contain a gyroscopic sensor. Still, give it a shot for your device and see how it works.
If you own a smart phone with Android 4.4., you might have already tried the Lens Blur mode in Google Camera. This solution is very handy not only because you can blur the background on you photographs, but also because it allows to easily create a 3D photo without using special equipment such as stereo camera. In this article I will explain step-by-step how to do that.
The L969 is primarily about its support for 4G and the rest is about price. At one fifth of the price of a flagship device from Samsung, Sony or LG, the ThL L969 intentionally offers a low- to mid-range feature set. So there is no HD display, no NFC and a low-end camera. But what you do get is a reasonable processor package, a great battery, 3G and 4G connectivity, and room for expansion with an SD card slot that supports up to 64GB.
On the back of the phone is the camera housing and an LED flash. The camera protrudes slightly from the back of the phone which means that it can wobble a little if you are trying to type with it on a flat surface.
The display on the L969 is mediocre at best, mainly due to its low resolution, but it is still very usable. It also has good viewing angles since the screen uses IPS. The display is flanked by reasonably sized bezels, at about 4mm each. While above the display is the space for the earpiece, camera and proximity detectors; and below the L969 sports three capacitive buttons.
A useful and innovative alternative to the standard Android camera app on your smartphone. Google Camera has some attractive features that you would expect to find on a high-end application. This includes an exciting effect called Lens Blur, which gives a retro-feel to your pictures. You can make your subject stand out more by blurring the background. This is an old analogue trick that simulates adjusting the depth-of-field on a traditional SLR lens.
The Android 4.4.1 update from Google contains a lot of other minor changes, apart from the huge jump in camera performance for the Nexus 5. There are a lot of small bug-fixes and minor UI tweaks that should please Nexus users.
Today Google announced the launch of a new app for Android called Google Camera, confirming recent rumors that the company was working on developing a new camera app with some unique features. The new standalone app branches away from the current Android 4.4 camera app, and features a more refined UI and is overall, easier to use. The camera app brings several new features to Android devices as well including Spherical images, software-based lens blur, and even a more intuitive panorama mode.
"Achieving this optical effect has traditionally required a big lens and aperture, and therefore hasn't been possible using the camera on your mobile phone or tablet. That all changes with Lens Blur, a new mode in the Google Camera app," Google said in a blog post. "Lens Blur replaces the need for a large optical system with computer vision algorithms and optimization techniques that are run entirely on the mobile device, simulating a larger lens and aperture in order to creating a 3D model of the world." 2ff7e9595c
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