tech Android 16 brings night mode camera & more directly to social media apps via new API

[Kayseri Mantisi]

always ahead of the curve 

 

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Android 16 will introduce a new Night Mode Indicator API to help apps automatically optimize photo capture in low-light environments.

 

Instagram and other social apps will use this to trigger Night Mode, thereby improving image quality and informing users when they are clicking images in low-light conditions.

 

Select devices, such as the Pixel 6 and above, Galaxy S24 Ultra, and others, already support the feature and display a moon icon to help users activate Night Mode.

 

This Camera Extensions API allows Android apps to access device-specific camera features "implemented by the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in order to maximize the quality of each feature on the hardware it's running on." This includes:

 

Bokeh: sharpens the foreground subject and blurs the background. Usually used to take portrait photos of people with a soft, out-of-focus background.

Face Retouch: touches up skin texture, under-eye tone, and more.

High Dynamic Range: widens exposure range, resulting in more vivid photos. In HDR mode, the camera takes several photos with various exposure values and merges them into one.

Night: brightens photos in low-light situations. The camera takes several photos at various exposure values and merge them into one. This process can take several seconds, and the user should hold the phone still while the camera captures photos.

 

 

https://9to5google.com/2024/12/17/instagram-night-mode-android/

 

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-night-mode-indicator-api-3509856/

[crymelanie]

Android 

[RideOrDie]

thank you android updates / apple ender 

[HASHTAGPOW]

Apple will have this feature 5 years from now 

[Komet]

Crapple don't make that face

[May]

10 years ago i really wanted night mode to be like this, and of this quality

 

now  that it's there im like… it sucks . what's the point of taking photos at night just for ur phone to make it look like daytime? photos lose alllllllll their vibe and atmosphere . So uncool

[Johnny Jacobs]

Should I wait for s25 or buy the 24? 

 

My 22 is getting tired

[Kayseri Mantisi]

16 minutes ago, May said:

10 years ago i really wanted night mode to be like this, and of this quality

 

now  that it's there im like… it sucks . what's the point of taking photos at night just for ur phone to make it look like daytime? photos lose alllllllll their vibe and atmosphere . So uncool

thank you for sharing your opinions, but this take is unrelated to this thread. both Apple and flagship Android's take that "daytime like" night mode pics, there's no difference in that (but Android does them better). if you don't like them you can lower the exposure after taking the pic or lower the seconds during long exposure while shooting.

[Kayseri Mantisi]

4 minutes ago, Johnny Jacobs said:

Should I wait for s25 or buy the 24? 

 

My 22 is getting tired

wait for S25 definitely, they're about to come out. if you're in Europe make sure to only buy the Snapdragon version (probably only in Ultra, but might change).

[Badgalbriel]

5 minutes ago, Johnny Jacobs said:

Should I wait for s25 or buy the 24? 

 

My 22 is getting tired

Just wait sis. It's coming January 22nd

[Angelo]

Apple lives rent-free on your minds.

[May]

1 hour ago, Kayseri Mantisi said:

thank you for sharing your opinions, but this take is unrelated to this thread.

[Spicy Pisces]

Android and iOS should work it out on the remix

[JO1s]

Android who?

[MoonGoodandHappy]

3 hours ago, Kayseri Mantisi said:

always ahead of the curve 

 

 

 

https://9to5google.com/2024/12/17/instagram-night-mode-android/

 

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-night-mode-indicator-api-3509856/

I have the S23 Ultra and it still is an amazing experience. Should I change for the S25U ? 

[Kayseri Mantisi]

Just now, MoonGoodandHappy said:

I have the S23 Ultra and it still is an amazing experience. Should I change for the S25U ? 

I also use the S23 Ultra so I get you sis, taste!!  i haven't upgraded to S24 Ultra because there were no enough changes for me to upgrade from last year's phone, and i like the rounded display more so S24 Ultra's flat screen wasn't for me.

 

the corners of S25 Ultra will be a bit rounded unlike previous models which had sharp corners. I am yet to decide if I should upgrade or not, will decide when it's out probably. But depending on the things you do with your phone, you'll be perfectly fine without upgrading imo. If the camera stays the same I probably wouldn't upgrade.

[Digitalism]

2 hours ago, May said:

10 years ago i really wanted night mode to be like this, and of this quality

 

now  that it's there im like… it sucks . what's the point of taking photos at night just for ur phone to make it look like daytime? photos lose alllllllll their vibe and atmosphere . So uncool

I totally agree with this. If you like photography in any way the automatic corrections are horrible. And it's not just on night mode.

 

That being said you can always turn it off. 

[Donquizote]

Apple will never

[Bussea]

This is so cool  Can't wait to get the iPhone 17 next year

[Johnny Jacobs]

4 hours ago, Kayseri Mantisi said:

wait for S25 definitely, they're about to come out. if you're in Europe make sure to only buy the Snapdragon version (probably only in Ultra, but might change).

my boyfriend's company is in Norway, ill just tell him to get it next time he is there. 

i am kind of clueless about it, but what's the difference?

[Onyxmage]

1 hour ago, Bussea said:

This is so cool  Can't wait to get the iPhone 17 next year

"Apple sheep" are official, the word and its definition have even entered the dictionary

 

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Edited Friday at 03:52 PM by Onyxmage