Report says Google Pixel 8 takes better HDR photos

Google’s Pixel phone team may be adding a new feature to its Pixel 2023 smartphone lineup to try to stay ahead of the photography game.

The Google Pixel 8 will have an HDR-capable camera sensor, an upgrade to the current technology that phones use for challenging lightning photography. Cuba Wojciechowski said on Twitter on Monday. Wojciechowski said the code for the Google Camera Go app, A lighter version of the Google Camera apphints at fuzzy HDR for Pixel 2023 devices, Reportedly coded Husky and Shiba.

HDRis a computational photography technology that allows cameras to capture scenes with bright and dark areas. This is a particular challenge for the thumbnail sensors of phones. Google pioneered a method called HDR+ that combines multiple low-exposed landmarks into a single photo, a technique that does a better job of preventing the sky from collapsing into a blank white patch, then later a brighter frame to better capture low-light areas. added. However, the amazing thing about HDR is that the scene can change from frame to frame, leading to ghosting and other artifacts.

Staggered HDR is designed to deal with the ghosting problem by capturing multiple frames close to the same time. HDR often combines bright, medium, and dark exposures taken in succession, but with fuzzy HDR, the sensor doesn’t wait for a frame to finish before starting to collect data for the next frame. For example, it can retrieve light frame data from the bottom pixels of the sensor, as well as dark frame data from the top.

Zinc sensor Pixel 7has been reported Samsung GN1, does not support fuzzy HDR. Wojciechowski said the next Pixel could use it Samsung GN2 sensor, which supports this feature. particle for direct object The GN2 also has larger pixels — 1.4 millionths of a meter compared to 1.2 microns for the GN1 — which can provide a better base for color and dynamic range.

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Pixel line hasn’t been a commercial success, but historically they’ve often led the way in smartphone photography. Although Android remains the most widely used mobile operating system globally, Google is losing ground in the United States Apple’s iOS is the leader. Google is responding with a more aggressive push of the Pixel phone and a wider range of companion products, such as the Pixel Buds Pro headphones. Pixel clock and in 2023, Pixel tablet. this Ecosystem approach It reflects the strategy of smartphone leaders Samsung and Apple.

future pixel tablet With the code name Tangor, may also see a “pro” version – Wojciechowski saw “TangorPro” when checking the code. This could mean that a higher-end Pixel tablet could also be in the works.