The samsung galaxy s8 could have the portrait mode of the samsung galaxy note 8

Thanks to a recently published information in the mobile technology medium Phonearena, we can know that Samsung is planning to bring a long-awaited feature from the high-end to other models that lack it. We are talking about the portrait mode of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, a very striking effect, which blurs the background of a portrait so that the face of it is what attracts the most attention.

This effect, also known as 'Bokeh effect', is achieved thanks to the dual camera of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8: with the conjunction of both lenses, this attractive combination of focus and blur is achieved. So how will Samsung transfer this beautiful effect to a terminal like the Samsung Galaxy 8, having only one main camera on its chassis? Well, looking very closely at the camera of the recent Google Pixel 2. A camera, according to experts, one of the best that can be seen on an Android terminal (even if it costs yours), which achieves the bokeh effect… and only has one camera.

Getting the Bokeh effect on the Samsung Galaxy 8 could be possible

All thanks to a software update. It's that simple, that simple. Thanks to a query from a user of the brand, about whether the Samsung Galaxy 8 terminal could obtain this blur function, the answer was this:

As Phonearena points out, this statement should not be taken as official. Although the fact that it has appeared on an official Samsung page and the comment comes from the brand itself, it makes us think that it is totally real. And not only that, but said software update may be closer than we think. So, if you are a brand new owner of the new Samsung Galaxy 8, you will be able, in a very short time, to show off portraits with a professional effect.

As we mentioned before, the bokeh effect is achieved thanks to a double taking of the image using two lenses of different angles. In the Samsung Galaxy 8 this function was called Live Focus, obtained thanks to the secondary telephoto lens it had. This terminal, by the way, is the first in all of Samsung's history to incorporate a secondary lens. A feature that now, we see, even in more affordable terminals, expanding the double lenses to the selfie camera, such as the Nubia Z17S.

Once we have taken the picture in Live Focus mode we can adjust the desired blur, in case we did not like the image in the first shot. We suppose that, if this update reaches the Samsung Galaxy S8, it will also do so to its older brother, the Samsung Galaxy s8 +.

If you have Android 8 Oreo you can have a bokeh effect

Android 8 Oreo has not yet reached the vast majority of terminals. But, in the hypothetical case that you had it, you can get the bokeh effect on your camera. A developer at XDA Developers has managed to extract the Pixel 2 camera app. This app contains a feature that achieves something like a bokeh effect. We simply have to aim at the desired object and, just when we press the fire button, we raise the mobile a little. These two photos, for example, have been taken with a OnePlus 3T, a terminal with a single main camera. As you will see, the effect is not the same as in a double camera, but it is still attractive. You can download the APK at this link.

This goes to show that very soon we will all be able to have a good bokeh effect on our terminals. The Samsung Galaxy 8 and its users are waiting.