The Google Pixel 7’s latest camera feature helps the visually impaired take selfies

Google simply launched its Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Professional smartphones, and as anticipated, the cameras have not modified a lot from the earlier mannequin, hardware-wise. As common although, Google has launched a bunch of latest and helpful AI software program digital camera tips powered by the brand new Tensor G2 chip, together with updates to Actual Tone, and new Photograph Unblur and Cinematic Blur options. It additionally unveiled the very cool “Information Body” function that helps visually impaired individuals take selfies.

One which’s sure to be common (and perhaps overused) is Cinematic Blur. This offers you a similar portrait-like blurred backgrounds for video that you simply get in images, serving to the topic stand out higher. It is apparently made attainable by the excessive velocity and low latency of the Tensor G2 chip, delivering a “superbly shallow depth of area,” Google mentioned. 

Additionally new is Photograph Unblur, basically a model of the Pixel 6’s Face Unblur function that works on any kind of photograph — solely out there on Pixel 7 gadgets for now. With only a few faucets, you may take away blur and different points from older images, Google mentioned. 

Subsequent up is an replace to Actual Tone, first launched final 12 months, that improves pores and skin tones on a various vary of individuals. Google has added hundreds of latest pattern pictures to its dataset to enhance that for a wider vary of pores and skin tones. And now, it really works with Google’s low-light Evening Sight mode and Portrait mode as properly. 

The Tremendous Res Zoom, in the meantime, doubles the optical decision at a given zoom vary, whereas letting you zoom as much as 30x. It fixes potential noise by “remosaicing” the picture to maximise sharpness. The result’s a full 12.5-megapixel decision photograph at a 2x on the Pixel 7 and 10x on the Pixel 7 Professional. The purpose is to offer the very best high quality throughout the zoom vary, fairly than having solely sure zoom ranges (2x, 5x, and so forth.) trying good.

Zoom stabilization is one other new function that successfully upscales extensive zoom images whereas offering steadier pictures than you’d get on. It additionally added 10-bit HDR seize, letting you seize brighter and extra colourful images and take greatest benefit of the HDR show. And eventually, for the Pixel 7 Professional, Google launched a brand new Macro focus that takes benefit of the broader area of view to permit for improved closeup pictures. 

Lastly, the Guided Body is a brand new accessibility function that tells visually impaired customers precisely the place to maneuver their machine to take a well-composed selfie. The voice coach will ask you to go up, down, or to the aspect, till its AI believes you are in the very best place to shoot. Together with True Tone, it is one of many new options Google revealed to burnish its accessibility and inclusivity.

Other than that, each the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Professional nonetheless include 50-MP principal and 12-MP extensive cameras, with the Pixel 7 Professional utilizing the identical 48-MP telephoto digital camera as earlier than. Each the professional and common fashions have the identical 10.8-MP entrance digital camera, in comparison with the 8-megapixel digital camera on the Pixel 6 Professional.