Friday 30 November 2018

Google used machine learning to improve the portrait mode on the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL

The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL both have one of the best camera systems found on a smartphone today. Yet, Google makes it work with just one camera on the back of both phones. Even without a second camera on back, the phone still produces the bokeh effect in portrait mode thanks to the use of software and other processing tricks. In a blog post published today by Google, the company explains how it can predict depth on the Pixel 3 without the use of a second camera.

Last year's Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL used Phase Detection Autofocus (PDAF), also known as dual-pixel auto ...

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