If there\u2019s one thing that the Google Pixel has been known for since its inception, it\u2019s the camera. With the forthcoming Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, the Mountain View company is trip\u2026<\/b>
\nIf there\u2019s one thing that the Google Pixel has been known for since its inception, it\u2019s the camera. With the forthcoming Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, the Mountain View company is tripling down with improvements across the board and some new ideas. Sources tell us there are upgrades to the rear shooter, a new Visual Core chip, a front-facing dual-camera setup w\/ new \u2018Super Selfies\u2019, and more.
If you\u2019ve followed the flood of Pixel 3 leaks over recent months, you know that some basic facts about the phones\u2019 cameras have already been solidified. Numerous photos of both devices confirm that Google is sticking with a single rear shooter for a third year as the industry moves toward double camera rear setups, but it\u2019s simultaneously going to introduce dual front shooters \u2014 and decided to put them in the \u201cnotch\u201d of the XL.
According to one source familiar with the phone, a primary goal of the Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL\u2019s two front-facing cameras is shooting better selfies. We\u2019re told that the resulting images are similar to other faux bokeh implementations, but with some improvements to make the Pixel stand out versus the competition. Google is eager to \u201csee how people like the improved Portrait Mode,\u201d one source said.
Another source corroborated this, saying that Google is planning to introduce something they\u2019ve heard called \u201cSuper Selfies,\u201d and that one of the two front-facing sensors has a wide angle lens. A third source further confirmed that the second front-facing camera on the Pixel 3 and 3 XL is wide-angle. Several other Android phones have launched in the past with a similar setup \u2014 phones from Oppo, Vivo, Lenovo, and others have all touted better selfies thanks to dual-cam front-facing setups.
Some leaks from a Russian publication that already got their hands on the Pixel 3 XL (and \u201creviewed\u201d it) give us some insights into some changes coming to the camera app that go hand-in-hand with this. Google\u2019s next smartphone seemingly keeps the existing options to enable or disable the Face retouching feature, but the Pixel 3 lineup will add \u201cNatural\u201d and \u201cSoft,\u201d as well as a zoom-in ability. There may be other selfie-related features in the works that we aren\u2019t yet aware of.
Interestingly, we\u2019re also told that these double front face cameras might not be a permanent feature for future Pixel devices. Google has apparently not committed to this idea for the long run as of yet and will evaluate whether to second camera is needed and the reception of new selfie features accordingly.
The exact resolution of these camera sensors is as yet unconfirmed, but the latest leaks, including one Google Pixel 3 XL leak from earlier this month which shows the device running a benchmarking app, suggest that the rear camera will be 12.2-megapixel, while both front-facing sensors are 8.1-megapixel. Other recent leaks corroborate this, but our sources haven\u2019t confirmed these readings.
While Google has added a second camera to improve front shots, the Mountain View company is seemingly taking the opposite philosophy with the rear shooter on the back. The company is \u201cdoubling down on making a single camera powerful enough to not need a second camera,\u201d a source said. We\u2019re told that, once again, low light with the rear shooter is \u201cincredible,\u201d and one of the sources added that Google will be including a new Visual Core chip which will be used for \u201cmore than just HDR+.\u201d
For now, we don\u2019t have any details on this new Visual Core chip nor what supposed improvements \u2014 presumably rooted in software \u2014 are coming to the Pixel 3\u2019s primary shooter. Since pre-production units of the Pixel 3 XL are already floating around (with some actually providing plentiful camera samples), any new software features will likely surface soon. We probably won\u2019t know about under the hood changes, which I\u2019d presume many of these are, until the phone launches later this year.
Google will without a doubt dedicated a sizable portion of the Pixel 3 unveil to the cameras and the software wizardry its continuing to do. In the meantime, be sure to brush up on the rest of the details:<\/p>\n

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