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Hands-on with Night Mode in Google Camera Go: Democratizing Low-Light Photography
We tried out the newly introduced Night Mode on the Google Camera Go app designed origianlly for low-end Android Go smartphones.
If there's one area Google's Pixel smartphones remain undefeated, it is definitely in camera software. Most of the magic in the Google Camera app happens on the software side. Even though the tech giant continues to use the same 12.2MP primary camera on its smartphones since the Pixel 2, the software algorithms backing the Google Camera's phenomenal "computational photography" keep improving significantly with each new Pixel smartphone. Google's incredible camera processing has inspired developers, including some of the most notable personalities on the XDA-Developers forums, to modify the Google Camera app to run on non-Google smartphones. Similarly, for low-end and budget devices, developers have also ported Google Camera Go, a lightweight version of Google's camera app for Android (Go Edition) devices, which was recently updated with a Night Mode.
Google is testing HDR photography for Camera Go on budget Android Go smartphones
The Camera Go app for Android Go Edition phones comes with a hidden HDR toggle. We got the setting to surface, but it remains non-functional for now.
Google Camera Go is a watered-down version of the Pixel's Google Camera app. The app was released on the Nokia 1.3, an Android Go smartphone, and we recently went hands-on with the apk to see what the app can do. While the app itself is barebones, what excites us is the sheer potential it has in democratizing the Google Camera experience, extending the camera magic beyond the exclusive Pixel, all the way to the opposite end of the market. And to prove our point, we have now spotted upcoming HDR photography features on Camera Go, which can enable HDR on low-end Android devices.
Google Camera Go Hands-on - GCam for the masses!
We managed to get our hands on the Google Camera Go application, to show you what the app does for Android Go Edition devices like the Nokia 1.3. Read on!
Last month, Nokia announced the Nokia 8.3, Nokia 5.3 and Nokia 1.3 smartphones. While everyone may be interested in the higher-end 5G device, the humble Nokia 1.3 also demanded some attention thanks to one key detail. The Nokia 1.3 with its Snapdragon 250 SoC runs Android 10 Go Edition, with upgrades planned to Android 11 Go Edition and Android 12 Go Edition too. The most exciting part about this admittedly low-end, €95 device is that it is the first phone to feature Google Camera Go.
Google Camera Go brings Portrait Mode photography to budget Android Go smartphones
Google Camera Go is a special version of the Google Camera app designed for budget Android smartphones running Android Go.
Earlier today, HMD Global announced a trio of new smartphones: the Nokia 8.3, the Nokia 5.3, and Nokia 1.3. While the Nokia 8.3 and Nokia 5.3 run regular Android 10 with a handful of HMD Global's customizations on top, the Nokia 1.3 runs Android 10 (Go Edition), a special version of Android that's optimized for budget smartphones with a weaker processor and lower RAM capacity. Although the Nokia 1.3 has the low-end Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 and only a single 8MP rear camera, the Nokia 1.3 can actually take portrait mode shots. That's because the Nokia 1.3 has the new Google Camera Go app, a stripped-down version of the Pixel's camera app for Android Go devices.