When Google unveiled the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, they also announced a new camera feature that wasn’t available at launch: Night Sight. Google showcased the feature by comparing a photo taken in low light conditions by an Apple iPhone Xs and a Google Pixel 3 with Night Sight enabled. The photo taken by the Pixel 3 was clearly superior, but it wasn’t until XDA Senior Member cstark27 released a modified version of the Google Camera app enabling Night Sight ahead of its general availability that people realized just how incredible Night Sight really is. The modified version only worked on the Google Pixel, Google Pixel 2, and Google Pixel 3, but now XDA Senior Member Arnova8G2 has released a port of Google’s camera app with a working Night Sight mode. So far, it has been confirmed to work on the Xiaomi Mi 5 (by the developer himself) as well as on the Essential Phone (by us and multiple community members.)
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| First Google Camera port with Night Sight working for the Xiaomi Mi 5, Essential Phone |
First Google Camera port with Night Sight working for the Xiaomi Mi 5, Essential Phone
Posting on our OnePlus 6 forum, Arnova8G2 updated readers on his progress getting Night Sight working on the OnePlus 6. He states that while features like HDR+ enhanced, Motion photos, RAW capture, Portrait Mode, panorama, and Photosphere work, other features like burst capture, slow motion, Photobooth, and the new Night Sight mode don’t work on the OnePlus 6 just yet. However, the new feature now works on some devices like the developer’s Mi 5 and, in our own testing, on the Essential Phone. While you won’t yet get the same quality as seen in our initial testing of the feature on the Pixel 2 XL and Pixel 3/3 XL, it’s a promising start for future editions of the Google Camera port.
We recommend you keep an eye out on the XDA forum thread here for all the latest updates from Arnova8G2. If you’re interested in trying out this initial port on your device, you can download it from the link below. Just don’t expect it to be as good as what Pixel owners are getting, at least not yet.
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