Last week, Google updated its agreement with "Team Pixel" members to stipulate that they weren't allowed to support any other smartphone brand or else risk ejection from the platform. Because many in that program considered themselves reviewers, it exposed a major disconnect between how many perceived themselves versus how Google perceived them.
Popular iPhone camera app Halide received a significant update today that introduces a brand-new image processing pipeline that strips away all the typical iPhone image processing.
Fans of the English Premier League will know what a fuss the video-assistant referee (VAR) has been over the last few seasons. The good news is that the system's being replaced -- by a swarm of iPhones.
Now that Google has unveiled its exciting new Pixel 9 series, including the very impressive AI-assisted Pixel 9 Pro, it's time to look ahead to the next major smartphone announcement: The iPhone 16 series.
Fujifilm has announced the launch of its Instax Mini Link 3 smartphone printer. Photographers can use the Mini Link 3 to print photos wirelessly from their smartphones, and an accompanying free app offers creative editing tools.
We have been extremely skeptical of AI tools, especially as they relate to photography. But today during the launch of the Pixel 9 Pro, Google said its latest round of Gemini-powered AI would be actually helpful and after seeing some of what it can do, we might agree.
Google's new Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro/Pro XL, and 9 Fold Pro smartphones have a lot of compelling new features, including numerous hardware and software improvements for mobile photographers.
At today's Made By Google Event, Google unveiled new AI integration to Android OS that lets users accomplish tasks just by talking.
Google is giving it another go with a foldable phone but also choosing to extend its flagship lineup at the same time. The Pixel 9 series comprises four models, with the Pixel 9 Pro Fold being the most unique of the new quartet. The regular Pixel 9, on the other hand, is the modest entry-level choice.
Google teased the new Pixel 9 Pro ahead of its Made by Google launch event, showing off a redesigned camera bar. As it turns out, there's more to the changes than meets the eye, and the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL promise Pixel's best camera system yet.
While much of the attention today is rightly focused on the Google Pixel 9 Pro and Pro XL, as they offer the best photography features, the standard Pixel 9 is no slouch. It promises a compelling blend of design, performance, and value.
After the Pixel Fold landed to mixed reception last year, Google is taking another swing at a folding phone. The Pixel 9 Pro Fold doubles down on the productivity benefits of a large inner display and features Google's newest and best AI features. However, the latest expensive Pixel phone still lacks the photo features of the Pixel 9 Pro series.
The Made By Google hardware event tomorrow, August 13th, will mark the debut of the Pixel 9 smartphone family. Here's what Pixel fans can expect.
Google is reorganizing the "Library" on the Google Photos app into "Collections" as it prepares to launch its Gemini AI-powered “Ask Photos” function.
Starting earlier this year with the Samsung Galaxy S24 launch, the companies behind the most popular smartphones seem to be dead-set on using AI features as selling points for new hardware. Much of it will be free to start with, but eventually everything comes with a cost.
Smartphone maker Vivo, celebrated for incorporating high-end photography features into mid-range handhelds, has announced the V40 and V40 Pro. The two new phones include Zeiss photo technology and various camera upgrades.
Blackmagic Design released a new update for its Blackmagic Camera app, bringing new remote control and monitoring features to iPhone filmmakers.
ShiftCam is developing a new set of accessories for its SnapGrip mobile photography grips that it’s calling "SnapSeries" as part of an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. The idea is to take the SnapGrip and SnapGrip Pro, which both utilize MagSafe, and broaden the scope of what the grips can do when paired with the new gear.
Sony has released a new video highlighting its novel stacked image sensor technology that the company believes will improve smartphone image quality for mobile photographers.
Google's highly publicized Circle to Search feature now allows users to leverage Google's AI tech to instantly learn more about an image, including information about metadata, its source, and whether it is legitimate.
Well-known storage company Lexar has launched the Professional Go Portable SSD with Hub on Kickstarter. It is a compact storage system designed for mobile filmmakers using the Apple iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max smartphones.
Honor, a spinoff of Huawei, calls its new 200 Pro smartphone "the portrait master," but what does this mean in terms of specs and features?
A new report alleges that Apple will start using Samsung sensors in its iPhones as soon as 2026, ending the exclusive use of Sony sensors which has persisted for more than 10 years.
Kino, the professional-level video recording app for iPhone from the makers of Halide, is getting its first major update that includes more color grades, toggle-able tap-to-focus, and an overhauled new user experience that makes the app a lot easier to understand.
Google is slated to hold a surprisingly early Pixel smartphone event on August 13. The company has released a teaser video for the occasion, showing what appears to be a big new camera bump on the Pixel 9 Pro.
While it's easy -- and sometimes fun -- to get caught up in discussions of gear and worry about what's the best camera or lens, some photographers are instead laser-focused on how they can use whatever gear they have to create the exact artwork they envision. Fine art photographer and filmmaker Dana Scruggs is firmly in the latter camp.
At a jam-packed Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event this morning, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6 smartphones, each offering improved camera systems and even more artificial intelligence (AI).
As cameras and lenses have improved, some photographers and filmmakers have begun looking back at objectively "worse" vintage lenses with envy. There is a certain charm to softer lenses, and Sandmarc hopes to capitalize on the nostalgia craze with its new Retro Filter for iPhone.
Insta360's new Flow Pro is a small smartphone stabilizer that is the first to be Apple DockKit-enabled, meaning that it can use Apple's new subject-tracking technology.
At Apple's annual WWDC event in early June, the company announced that a redesigned Photos app was on the way, complete with AI-powered photo editing thanks to Apple's ambitious new Apple Intelligence platform. PetaPixel spoke to three of the many people behind the all-new Photos app to learn more about the team's goals and how the new app will transform the user experience.
Samsung has announced three new image sensors for main and sub cameras in upcoming smartphones. Among the trio of new chips, Samsung unveiled the world's first 200-megapixel telephoto camera sensor for mobile devices.
Google has announced a surprise event, where some suspect the company will announce the new Pixel 9.
A couple of weeks ago, Leica announced the Leica LUX camera app, the legendary German company’s first smartphone app for taking photos. While the company has produced its FOTOS app for many years, this is its first dedicated to smartphone photography.
The Google Pixel 8a offers compelling, worthwhile photography features at an accessible price point. It’s hardly a perfect smartphone, but it gets a lot of things right the moment you pull it out of your pocket and start snapping away.
Some YouTube personalities aren't satisfied with Apple's imaging products and have reiterated their desire to see the company make a standalone camera with interchangeable -- or even fixed -- lenses. Here's why Apple won't do it.
Blackmagic Design is bringing its full-featured, pro-oriented mobile video camera app, Blackmagic Camera, to Android smartphones.
Sandmarc is no stranger to interesting iPhone photography accessories, and the company's newest product is perhaps its most unusual yet, a macro probe lens for iPhone.
During Monday's Cannes Lions International Festival for Creativity, Adobe and TikTok announced a new collaboration that would integrate the social media app's commercial music library into Adobe Express.
Skylum has announced the release of its revamped and expanded Luminar for iPad (and now iPhone) with Luminar Mobile. As of today, the updated apps are available for the iPad, iPhone, and Apple Vision Pro devices.
BeReal, the "anti-Instagram" photo-sharing app that had a brief stint atop Apple's App Store charts in 2022, has been purchased by French app developer Voodoo for a whopping €500 million, approximately $537 million.
As seen with competing artificial intelligence platforms and features, Apple Intelligence will utilize some computational power in the cloud. However, perhaps more than any of the competition, Apple prioritizes on-device processing enabled by the company's robust and efficient silicon. This means more privacy and security, but also that some not-that-old devices will be left behind as Apple steps into the AI age.
Four years after Apple first launched widgets for iOS 14, the feature gets new customization upgrades and sees its effects felt throughout the operating system.
Apple's 35th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote address, considered by industry analysts to be one of the most important ever, has focused heavily on artificial intelligence (AI).
Vivo has announced the international debut of its X Fold3 Pro smartphone after an initial launch in China in March. The smartphone promises pro-level imaging thanks to Vivo's longstanding Zeiss collaboration.
An iPhone photographer snapped an incredible optical illusion photo that looks like different environments spliced together but is in fact a single picture.
Leica Camera AG announced Leica LUX, a new iPhone camera app. Leica LUX features a Leica-inspired user interface, unique Leica Looks, and meticulously crafted simulations of legendary Leica lenses.
Leica announced that it acquired smartphone app startup Fjorden Electra to lead the development of the newly-announced Leica LUX app. While the acquisition is only being announced today, it closed in December 2023.
Many already know that Sony is a significant player in the image sensor space, but a new Sony Imaging and Sensing Solutions Segment report offers exciting insights into the stranglehold Sony has on the image sensor industry and how the company views the smartphone market moving forward.
Sony announced a significant update to its Monitor and Control (M&C) app, bringing the mobile platform to version 2.0 and adding powerful new features for content creators.
Marques Brownlee was given an inside look at how Apple torture tests its iPhones and other products in its labs, ranging from IP testing, shaking, and dropping.
