What is the zoom audio that the new version of GCam will bring with it

Just a couple of days ago Google released the 7.5 update for its Camera app, only available to users who have the beta installed Android 11. With the arrival of this new version, the developers have gotten down to work and have detected some of the new features that will come to the well-known photography application on the new generations of Pixel mobiles.

The guys at APK Insight have decompiled the latest version of the Google Camera app to review the code of the app and discover clues about possible future features.That is, some of these functions may be inside the code, but never reach the end user. On the other hand, there may be functions that are ready and not yet appear in the application's code. Still, it's always interesting to take a look and try to figure out what features are coming to the new version of the camera app on Pixel phones.

Audio zoom

We start with the feature that gives this article its title. This is Audio Zoom, which is the possibility of “focusing” the audio pickup made by the microphone in a specific direction when recording a video with zoom.

It's a feature that has been talked about for a long time, but it seems that in version 7.5 of the Google Camera application it will definitely see the light of day. In fact, Cstark27, a well-known member of the Google Camera application modding community, has already been able to activate this function in the application, although the truth is that he did not achieve any kind of effect in his recordings.This suggests that this feature may require hardware that is not available in the current generation of Pixel phones.

Motion blur

In the code of the new version of the application a possible new function has also been located called Motion Blur (motion blur) . It could be a new camera mode, alongside other modes like Night View, Timelapse, and Photo Sphere.

From what developers who have analyzed the code have been able to ascertain, motion blur seems to offer a higher quality photos with moving subjects , similar to how portrait mode simulates the bokeh effect. However, this feature is still listed under a codename, so it may not arrive in version 7.5 of the Camera application.

Flash intensity

Code in version 7.5 of the Camera application has also been found clues suggesting that Google could make the camera flash adjustable .

Wouldn't be a new thing, as other Android phones have offered adjustable camera flash brightness. So far, however, there are only two mentions in the code that suggest this feature might be coming relatively soon.

Share video on social networks

The Camera app on Pixel phones now offers an easy way to share photos with social media and messaging apps. However, for videos there is no such possibility.

With the new version, 7.5, we will also be able to share recently recorded videos using a quick share button. The options that will appear will be multiple, including all social networks or messaging applications.

Finally, in Google Camera 7.5 part of the code has also been detected that refers to the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a, the new Google terminals that will be presented shortly.