Pixel Camera
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Pixel Camera, formerly Google Camera, is a camera phone application developed by Google for the Android operating system. Development with zoom lenses for the application began in 2011 at the Google X research incubator led by Marc Levoy, which was developing image fusion technology for Google Glass.[3] It was publicly released for Android 4.4+ on the Google Play on April 16, 2014.[4] It was initially supported on all devices running Android 4.4 KitKat and higher, but became only officially supported on Google Pixel devices in the following years. The app was renamed Pixel Camera in October 2023, with the launch of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.[5]
Original author(s) | X Development |
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Developer(s) | Google, Google Research |
Initial release | April 16, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-04-16) |
Stable release | |
Operating system | Android, Wear OS |
Type | Camera |
License | Proprietary |