{"id":28659,"date":"2022-07-29T00:19:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T00:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-camera-8-6-rolling-out-ui-tweaks-video\/"},"modified":"2022-07-29T00:19:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T00:19:01","slug":"google-camera-8-6-rolling-out-ui-tweaks-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-camera-8-6-rolling-out-ui-tweaks-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Camera 8.6 rolling out: UI tweaks, video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Google is rolling out an update to the Pixel Camera app a month after the last release, with version 8.6 introducing a handful of Material You tweaks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 7\/28<\/strong>: Google Camera 8.6 on the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro (which we have since gotten the update on) enables \u201cSpeech enhancement\u201d for the rear camera.<\/p>\n<p>At launch, this feature was just for recording video with the front-facing camera and works to reduce unwanted noises like \u201cwind, traffic, and crowds.\u201d  It&#8217;s now available on the rear camera for 1080p (FHD) at 30FPS capture.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><em>Original 7\/27<\/em>: The primary visual change today is to the \u201cModes\u201d tab at the end of the carousel.  The buttons for Panorama, Photo Sphere, and Lens are now placed in a rounded rectangular container instead of being directly overlaid on the live preview. <\/p>\n<p>Besides that Material You housing, those access points have also been moved down the screen to aid reachability, especially if your thumb is situated for tapping the shutter button.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, the buttons are now themed with Dynamic Color, like other key elements in the UI (eg, mode switcher and Locked Folder shortcut), instead of just being black on a white background.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Camera 8.5 vs 8.6<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We received Google Camera 8.6 on a Pixel 4a (running Android 13) this afternoon, but the new update is otherwise not yet widely rolled out via the Play Store.<\/p>\n<p>The last gap between updates was a little over (version 8.4) two months (8.5), so this release is definitely coming sooner than expected.  It presumably also contains bug fixes, but Frequent Faces is still disabled as far as we can tell. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-more-on-google-camera\">More on Google Camera:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> more.<\/p>\n<p><!-- post ad --><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i>Check out 9to5Google on YouTube for more news:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- youtube embed --><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nothing Phone (1) vs. Pixel 6: SMALL smiliarities!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fbJpQEQBpno?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google is rolling out an update to the Pixel Camera app a month after the last release, with version 8.6 introducing a handful of Material You tweaks. Update 7\/28: Google Camera 8.6 on the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro (which we have since gotten the update on) enables \u201cSpeech enhancement\u201d for the rear camera. At &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-camera-8-6-rolling-out-ui-tweaks-video\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google Camera 8.6 rolling out: UI tweaks, video<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31229,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hidden-icon-found-in-google-camera-update-suggests-the-foldable-pixel-is-back-in-play\/","url_meta":{"origin":28659,"position":0},"title":"Hidden icon found in Google Camera update suggests the foldable Pixel is back in play","date":"July 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The on-again-off-again saga of the Google Pixel Fold\/Notepad (either name is possible) seems to be on again thanks to a clue spotted in the recent Google Camera 8.6 update. that update mostly of Material You tweaks to the UI that placed some of the round buttons in the mode tab\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28980,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-camera-8-6-update-throws-fuel-on-the-pixel-fold-fire\/","url_meta":{"origin":28659,"position":1},"title":"Google Camera 8.6 update throws fuel on the Pixel Fold fire","date":"July 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It's Pixel 6a release day, but Google isn't solely focused on its newest phone. 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