Pixel Camera

Google LLC

About this app

Never miss a moment with the fully redesigned Pixel Camera, and take fantastic photos and videos using features like Portrait, Night Sight, Time Lapse and Cinematic Blur.

Take stunning photos
• HDR+ with exposure and white balance controls - Take incredible photos using HDR+, especially in low-light or backlit scenes.
• Night Sight - You'll never want to use your flash again. Night Sight brings out all the details and colours that get lost in the dark. You can even take photos of the Milky Way with Astrophotography!
• Super Res Zoom - Get really close from far away. Super Res Zoom makes your pictures sharper when you zoom in.
• Long Exposure - Add a creative blur to moving subjects in the scene
• Action Pan - Add a creative blur to the background while keeping your subject in focus
• Macro Focus - Vivid colour and striking contrast in even the smallest subjects

Incredible videos on every take
• Record smooth videos with stunning resolution and clear audio, even in crowded, dimly lit places
• Cinematic Blur - Create a cinematic effect by blurring the background behind your subject
• Cinematic Pan - Slow down your phone's panning movements
• Long shot - Take casual, quick videos by simply long-pressing the shutter key while in the default photo mode

Pixel 8 Pro exclusive features
• 50 MP hi-res - Take high resolution photos with richer detail
• Pro controls - Take even more creative control with the ability to adjust things like focus, shutter speed and more

Requirements - The latest version of Pixel Camera only works on Pixel devices running Android 14 and above. The latest version of Pixel Camera for Wear OS only works on Wear OS 3 (and above) devices connected to Pixel phones. Some features are not available on all devices.

Ratings and reviews

scanning PDFs completely breaks at the end if you are using Firefox instead of Chrome as your default browser. After taking a very long time to scan in 50 pages, I hit the save button only for the app to open up a broken URL in Firefox which did not download the PDF, and when I switched back to the camera app it was completely gone. It's clear that Google has prioritized integration with their own platforms like Google drive and Chrome instead of testing their apps like an actual user.

The basic interface for photo editing has not changed for many years. However, a recent update totally revamped it, making it much less user friendly in my opinion. But much worse than that, now every few times that I am editing a photo, after a couple of minutes of editing, it just bombs out of the editing section without saving my progress! And yes, I'm sure that everything is up to date. Very frustrating to say the least... Also, this 500 character limit causes me to have violent thoughts...

Great camera app. I especially love the astrophotgraphy features. The picture quality is always excellent with my pixel 8 pro. I also like how I can control everything from shutter speed to iso levels, exposure, manual lense selection, and many of the same features as high end digital cameras. I really don't get the complaints. My phone takes great photos with this app. My only complaint is that they need to compensate for the rotation of the Earth in astrophotgraphy.

What's new

• New camera UI that makes it easier to navigate through all the different photo and video modes
• RAW improvements that enhance the editing workflow
• Pro controls unlock advanced camera settings like shutter speed, ISO and more (on Pixel 8 Pro only)
• Hi-res 50 MP photography for richer detail (on Pixel 8 Pro only)
• General bug fixes and improvements