Google is starting to roll out a major redesign of the Pixel Camera app, especially with version 9.0 that requires Android 14.
This redesign brings a photo/video switcher to the bottom of the screen. On the left side of that tablet is a way to access the settings panel, which you can also open by swiping up (instead of down) in the viewfinder. Further up you’ll see a carousel of available camera features.
- photograph (LR): Action Pan, Long Exposure, Portrait, Photo, Night Scene, Panorama, Photo Sphere
- video: bread, blur [Cinematic]video, slow motion, timelapse
Google camera 9.0
Camera 8.9
One nice tweak here is the swipe away night view mode and a wider range of video controls. Camera 9.0 drops “modes” from the end, but the switcher is sticky and remembers the last photo or video mode you used.
Meanwhile, for some reason, this redesign flips the camera roll preview (long press for locked folders) and front and rear lens switcher positions. Considering the strip at the bottom, there is no more UI at the top of the screen, but that empty space is used to hide the front-facing camera, so it’s unusable.
There are no major visual changes other than reorganizing most of the controls to the bottom of the screen for easier one-handed access. On the other hand, the theme icons have been updated and are now larger.
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Google Camera 9.0.115.561695573.37 requires Android 14 and cannot be installed on Android 13 or lower. So it looks like this update is aimed at Pixel users in the beta program.
The new version began rolling out on September 7th, but is not yet widely available In Play Store. It was first discovered that Google Newsgroups You can download it now on Telegram. APK mirror today. Notably, this continued rollout means the redesign won’t debut with the Pixel 8 series first, after all.
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