Ever noticed your Android phone takes worse photos in social apps like WhatsApp than in the camera app? It’s because they don’t use the same shooting mode and post-processing. And no matter how good a ...

Sadly, not all of the Pixel 2’s surprises have been the good sort since Google’s latest flagship launched. Visual Core is one of the more pleasant ones, though — a custom system-on-a-chip (SoC) that’s ...

Google’s HDR+ mode has been part of Google Camera for a few years, but the Google Pixel 2 refines that program by expanding processing power. HDR is a photo technique that blends multiple images ...

Visual Core was a strange little surprise from Google when it revealed it back in October. The system company waited three weeks until after the Pixel 2’s announcement to talk up the system-on-a-chip ...

The Pixel Visual Core of the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL flagships will be activated with the second developer preview of Android 8.1 Oreo, Google revealed as part of its release notes detailing the first ...

Google is able to take such fantastic photos on the Pixel 2 because of a fine-tuned mix of physical hardware (camera lens and sensor), software (enabling HDR+), and machine learning. Even in its ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. As most Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL owners should know, inside your phone is a special image processor, known as ...

Google’s very first in-house chipset, Pixel Visual Core, is finally enabled with the February 2018 Android security patch. Pixel Visual Core is designed to compile HDR+ images five times faster than ...

Google didn't spill all the details about the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL at its October 4th event. As it turns out, these phones have a secret weapon: Google's first custom imaging chip (and indeed first ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. According to a source of 9to5, the new Pixel phones will feature an updated Visual Core chip, which is ...