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 colors that get lost in the dark. You can even take photos of the Milky Way with Astrophotography!
• Super Res Zoom - Get way 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 color 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
• 50MP High 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

Not enough manual settings e.g. ISO, shutter speed, appature, manual focus, etc, and those controls available are buried in too many layers of menus. Need to make settings more easily accessible directly from the main screen. Need option to place commonly used settings directly to the main screen so that you don't have to traverse multiple menu layers to get to them . No way to disable the automated photo retouching. Generally unhappy with this app.

The app design is worse than before, to make a simple change on the light now we have to pass through layers of menus, all the settings are out of place and in the last updates the photos are getting worse and worse every time, I don't understand what happened to the simplicity and nature of the app and photo results that pixel used to be, cause now everything looks fake, the colors are way off and the pictures over processed - Professional photographer

I have a 7 Pro, and I'm still waiting on the option to manually select the lens. I know Google loves to do slow rollouts, but half the reason for getting their own flagship phones is to get certain things in a reasonable time frame. Edit - you can now pick the lens, but it's not quite straightforward. There's a jump between the zoom levels, it might have been better to have a slider for for incremental increases.