<s>
Google	B-Application
Camera	I-Application
is	O
a	O
camera	O
phone	O
application	O
developed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
for	O
the	O
application	O
began	O
in	O
2011	O
at	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
X	O
research	O
incubator	O
led	O
by	O
Marc	O
Levoy	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
developing	O
image	O
fusion	O
technology	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Glass	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
publicly	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
4.4	I-Application
+	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Play	O
Store	O
on	O
April	O
16	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
supported	O
on	O
all	O
devices	O
running	O
Android	B-Application
4.4	I-Application
KitKat	I-Application
and	O
higher	O
,	O
but	O
became	O
only	O
officially	O
supported	O
on	O
Google	B-Device
Pixel	I-Device
devices	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Camera	I-Application
contains	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
features	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
activated	O
either	O
in	O
the	O
Settings	O
page	O
or	O
on	O
the	O
row	O
of	O
icons	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
Pixel	O
devices	O
,	O
the	O
camera	O
app	O
has	O
been	O
aided	O
with	O
hardware	B-General_Concept
accelerators	I-General_Concept
to	O
perform	O
its	O
image	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
generation	O
of	O
Pixel	O
phones	O
used	O
Qualcomm	O
's	O
Hexagon	B-General_Concept
DSPs	I-General_Concept
and	O
Adreno	B-General_Concept
GPUs	I-General_Concept
to	O
accelerate	O
image	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pixel	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Pixel	B-Device
3	I-Device
(	O
but	O
not	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
3a	I-Device
)	O
include	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
Visual	I-Device
Core	I-Device
to	O
aid	O
with	O
image	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pixel	B-Device
4	I-Device
introduced	O
the	O
Pixel	O
Neural	O
Core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
high-dynamic-range	O
(	O
HDR	O
)	O
imaging	O
,	O
HDR+	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
HDR+	O
on	O
,	O
uses	O
computational	B-Algorithm
photography	I-Algorithm
techniques	O
to	O
achieve	O
higher	O
dynamic	O
range	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HDR+	O
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
6	I-Device
and	O
brought	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
5	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
HDR+	O
enhanced	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
HDR+	O
from	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
Nexus	B-Device
6	I-Device
,	O
Nexus	B-Device
5X	I-Device
and	O
Nexus	B-Device
6P	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
HDR+	O
enhanced	O
on	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
3	I-Device
uses	O
the	O
learning-based	O
AWB	O
algorithm	O
from	O
Night	O
Sight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
4	I-Device
,	O
Live	O
HDR+	O
replaced	O
HDR+	O
on	O
,	O
featuring	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
viewfinder	O
with	O
a	O
real-time	O
preview	O
of	O
HDR+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
Live	O
HDR+	O
 '	O
mode	O
uses	O
Dual	O
Exposure	O
Controls	O
,	O
with	O
separate	O
sliders	O
for	O
brightness	O
(	O
capture	O
exposure	O
)	O
and	O
for	O
shadows	O
(	O
tone	B-Language
mapping	I-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
Pixel	B-Device
4	I-Device
,	O
and	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
retrofitted	O
on	O
older	O
Pixel	O
devices	O
due	O
to	O
hardware	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2021	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Camera	I-Application
v8.2	O
introduced	O
HDR+	O
with	O
Bracketing	O
,	O
Night	O
Sight	O
with	O
Bracketing	O
and	O
Portrait	O
Mode	O
with	O
Bracketing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
updated	O
their	O
exposure	O
bracketing	O
algorithm	O
for	O
HDR+	O
to	O
include	O
an	O
additional	O
long	O
exposure	O
frame	O
and	O
Night	O
Sight	O
to	O
include	O
3	O
long	O
exposure	O
frames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Bracketing	O
is	O
supported	O
in	O
Night	O
Sight	O
for	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
4	I-Device
and	O
4a	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Camera	I-Application
's	O
Motion	O
photo	O
mode	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
HTC	B-Application
's	O
Zoe	O
and	O
iOS	O
 '	O
Live	O
Photo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
RAW	O
is	O
enabled	O
,	O
only	O
a	O
0.8MP	O
DNG	B-Application
file	I-Application
is	O
created	O
,	O
not	O
the	O
non-motion	O
12.2MP	O
DNG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motion	O
Photos	O
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fused	O
Video	O
Stabilization	O
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	O
Res	O
Zoom	O
is	O
a	O
multi-frame	B-Algorithm
super-resolution	I-Algorithm
technique	O
introduced	O
with	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
3	I-Device
that	O
shifts	O
the	O
image	O
sensor	O
to	O
achieve	O
higher	O
resolution	O
,	O
which	O
Google	B-Application
claim	O
is	O
equivalent	O
to	O
2-3x	O
optical	O
zoom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	O
Res	O
Zoom	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
telephoto	O
lens	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
Google	B-Application
claims	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
4	I-Device
can	O
capture	O
8x	O
zoom	O
at	O
near-optical	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collage	O
–	O
when	O
taking	O
'	O
selfies	O
 '	O
,	O
a	O
collage	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
a	O
Photo	B-Application
booth	I-Application
is	O
generated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pixel	B-Device
Visual	I-Device
Core	I-Device
is	O
used	O
to	O
accelerate	O
the	O
analysis	O
using	O
computer	B-Application
vision	I-Application
techniques	O
,	O
and	O
ranks	O
them	O
based	O
on	O
object	O
motion	O
,	O
motion	O
blur	O
,	O
auto	O
exposure	O
,	O
auto	O
focus	O
,	O
and	O
auto	B-Algorithm
white	I-Algorithm
balance	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Top	O
Shot	O
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
3	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computational	O
Raw	O
–	O
Google	B-Application
Camera	I-Application
supports	O
capturing	O
JPEG	O
and	O
DNG	B-Application
files	I-Application
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DNG	B-Application
files	I-Application
are	O
also	O
processed	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
HDR+	O
Computational	B-Algorithm
Photography	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computational	O
Raw	O
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
3	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motion	O
Auto	O
Focus	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
3	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Location	O
–	O
Location	O
information	O
obtained	O
via	O
GPS	O
and/or	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
location	O
service	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
pictures	O
and	O
videos	O
when	O
enabled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
most	O
camera	O
applications	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Camera	I-Application
offers	O
different	O
usage	O
modes	O
allowing	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
take	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
photo	O
or	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slow	O
motion	O
video	O
can	O
be	O
captured	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Camera	I-Application
at	O
either	O
120	O
or	O
,	O
on	O
supported	O
devices	O
,	O
240	O
frames	O
per	O
second	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panoramic	O
photography	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
Camera	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Camera	I-Application
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
'	O
Photo	O
Sphere	O
 '	O
,	O
a	O
360-degree	B-Application
panorama	I-Application
photo	I-Application
,	O
originally	O
added	O
in	O
Android	B-Application
4.2	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
photos	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
embedded	O
in	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
with	O
custom	O
HTML	O
code	O
or	O
uploaded	O
to	O
various	O
Google	B-Application
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
effect	O
is	O
achieved	O
via	O
the	O
parallax	B-Device
information	O
from	O
dual-pixel	O
sensors	O
when	O
available	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Pixel	B-Device
3	I-Device
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
application	O
of	O
machine	O
learning	O
to	O
identify	O
what	O
should	O
be	O
kept	O
in	O
focus	O
and	O
what	O
should	O
be	O
blurred	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Portrait	O
mode	O
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pixel	B-Device
4	I-Device
featured	O
an	O
improved	O
Portrait	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
machine	O
learning	O
algorithm	O
uses	O
parallax	B-Device
information	O
from	O
the	O
telephoto	O
and	O
the	O
Dual	O
Pixels	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
difference	O
between	O
the	O
telephoto	O
camera	O
and	O
wide	O
camera	O
to	O
create	O
more	O
accurate	O
depth	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
front	O
facing	O
camera	O
,	O
it	O
uses	O
the	O
parallax	B-Device
information	O
from	O
the	O
front	O
facing	O
camera	O
and	O
IR	O
cameras	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2017	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
debut	O
of	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Pixel	B-Device
2	I-Device
XL	I-Device
,	O
Google	B-Application
introduced	O
AR	O
Stickers	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
,	O
using	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
new	O
ARCore	B-Algorithm
platform	O
,	O
allowed	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
superimpose	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
animated	O
objects	O
on	O
their	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
3	I-Device
,	O
AR	O
Stickers	O
was	O
rebranded	O
to	O
Playground	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
camera	O
offers	O
a	O
functionality	O
powered	O
by	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Lens	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
camera	O
to	O
copy	O
text	O
it	O
sees	O
,	O
identify	O
products	O
,	O
books	O
and	O
movies	O
and	O
search	O
similar	O
ones	O
,	O
identify	O
animals	O
and	O
plants	O
,	O
and	O
scan	O
barcodes	O
and	O
QR	O
codes	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
things	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AI	B-Application
is	O
able	O
to	O
detect	O
the	O
user	O
smile	O
or	O
funny	O
faces	O
and	O
shoot	O
the	O
picture	O
at	O
the	O
best	O
time	O
without	O
any	O
action	O
from	O
the	O
user	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Clips	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
mode	O
also	O
feature	O
a	O
two	O
level	O
AI	B-Application
processing	O
of	O
the	O
subject	O
's	O
face	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
enabled	O
or	O
disabled	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
soften	O
its	O
skin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
white	B-Algorithm
balance	I-Algorithm
is	O
also	O
adjustable	O
to	O
defined	O
presets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
claims	O
it	O
can	O
handle	O
up	O
to	O
~	O
8%	O
displacement	O
frame	O
to	O
frame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
introduced	O
a	O
learning-based	O
AWB	O
algorithm	O
for	O
more	O
accurate	O
white	B-Algorithm
balance	I-Algorithm
in	O
low	O
light	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Night	O
Sight	O
was	O
introduced	O
with	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
3	I-Device
,	O
all	O
older	O
Pixel	O
phones	O
were	O
updated	O
with	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Astrophotography	O
mode	O
also	O
includes	O
improved	O
algorithms	O
to	O
remove	O
hot	B-General_Concept
pixels	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
warm	I-General_Concept
pixels	I-General_Concept
caused	O
by	O
dark	O
current	O
and	O
convolutional	B-Architecture
neural	I-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
to	O
detect	O
skies	O
for	O
sky-specific	O
noise	O
reduction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Astrophotography	O
mode	O
was	O
introduced	O
with	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
4	I-Device
,	O
and	O
backported	O
to	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
3	I-Device
and	O
Pixel	B-Device
3a	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Portrait	O
Light	O
was	O
introduced	O
with	O
the	O
Pixel	O
5	O
,	O
and	O
backported	O
to	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
4	I-Device
,	O
Pixel	O
4a	O
and	O
Pixel	O
4a	O
5G	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Portrait	O
Light	O
was	O
a	O
collaboration	O
between	O
Google	B-Application
Research	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Daydream	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Device
Pixel	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
developers	O
have	O
released	O
unofficial	O
ports	O
that	O
allow	O
for	O
their	O
use	O
in	O
non-Google	O
phones	O
,	O
or	O
implement	O
its	O
premium	O
features	O
on	O
older	O
Google	B-Application
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
unofficial	O
apps	O
often	O
work	O
around	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
certain	O
hardware	O
features	O
present	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
top	O
tier	O
devices	O
,	O
and	O
sometimes	O
even	O
go	O
as	O
far	O
as	O
enabling	O
features	O
not	O
exposed	O
by	O
the	O
official	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
numerous	O
different	O
versions	O
,	O
targeted	O
at	O
different	O
Android	B-Application
phones	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Services	I-Application
or	O
a	O
replacement	O
like	O
microG	B-Application
is	O
also	O
required	O
for	O
the	O
app	O
to	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
brought	O
HDR+	O
featuring	O
Zero	O
Shutter	O
Lag	O
(	O
ZSL	O
)	O
on	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
5X	I-Device
and	O
Nexus	B-Device
6P	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-2017	O
,	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Camera	I-Application
was	O
created	O
for	O
any	O
smartphone	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
Snapdragon	O
820	O
,	O
821	O
or	O
835	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
