Many phone cameras today can achieve a blurry SLR background effect for portrait photos. But while they look decent on a small screen, they don't cut it when blown up for marketing material. To get ...

Jules joined the Android Police team in 2019. He currently produces videos, creates art for our stories, and edits our podcast. Before that, he wrote features and news, managed our weekend content, ...

Basic photo edits only take a few seconds on iPhone, as Apple includes plenty of options in the Photos app to spruce up your pictures as soon as you take them. For example, you can remove the ...

is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Facebook is banking on the smartphone camera being the most influential and ...

Your Android camera’s photos are about to get a lot more blurry, but don’t worry – that’s a very good thing. Today, Google updated the official Android Camera app to include a number of new features, ...

Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 introduces a background blur effect in the app drawer, keyguard, and other areas. Activating Battery Saver will disable the background blur effect. Background blur consumes more ...

Google is rolling out new features for its current video chat apps, Googles Meet and Duo. Meet’s updates include a new background blurring tool; it also now allows users to view up to 49 camera feeds ...

Despite being at a disadvantage, your compact camera can be used to make your subject pop from its surroundings or give you shallow depth of field. Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and ...

Google has a new standalone camera app available in the Google Play app store, and it can be installed on any smartphones or tablets running KitKat 4.4 or higher. The new app will also be rolling out ...

Yet another feature once only found in expensive SLR cameras is making its way to smartphones: the buttery background blur caused by wide-aperture lenses. Google is bringing a simulated version of ...

Bertel is a Linux user who likes budget smartphones more than flagships, uses a custom ROM, and gets his apps from F-Droid. When he isn't writing short stories for Android Police, you might find him ...

The iPhone XS has an amazing camera, and the best part of that camera is the Depth Control feature, which lets you adjust the background blur after you take the photo. This is a powerful feature, but ...