Google Camera

Google LLC

About this app

Never miss a moment with Google Camera, and take fantastic pictures and videos using features such as Portrait, Night Sight, and the video stabilization modes.

Features
• HDR+ with Exposure and White Balance Controls - Take pictures using HDR+ to capture fantastic photos, especially in low-light or backlit scenes.
• Top Shot - Pick the best moment with Top Shot. It automatically recommends the best pics, where no one is blinking and everything looks just right.
• 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!
• Super Res Zoom - Super Res Zoom makes your pictures sharper when you zoom in.
• Motion Mode - Capture life in motion. Take professional quality Long Exposure and Action Pan photos.
• Long Shot - Take casual, quick videos by simply long-pressing the shutter key in the default camera mode.

Requirements - The latest version of Google Camera only works on Pixel phones running Android 12 and above. The latest version of Google Camera for Wear OS only works on Wear OS 2.0 devices connected to Pixel phones. Some features are not available on all devices.

Ratings and reviews

Great for what it's supposed to be. The point of this app from a Product standpoint is to make the best photo possible with only one tap of a button. 9/10 times, the software driving the camera is using tools that a user isn't able to control, such as taking multiple exposures rapidly then stacking together for good, sharp low light photos. That's not something that can be outdone by a user manually setting an exposure value. Source: have $10k of pro photo gear but still use this app

Edit: is been a while now, the stabilization in video mode, at least on the Pixel 4a, when zoomed in digitally tend to snap on the right of the scene even if the preview (while recording) the subject is correctly targeted, the final clip appears to be totally off scene, on the left edge, if not totally out. So this makes the uses of the zoom totally useless. (1 star just to highlight this issue)

App works great if you just want to let the software take photos for you, but if you want to try to take more advanced photos, there just aren't options for setting things manually - or their hidden so well that I cant find them if they exist. I.E. I couldn't find a way to manually adjust exposure to take night shots.

What's new

• Material You - Experience a new interface with dynamic colors and components from Google’s Material You design system.
• General bugfixes and improvements