Google Pixel 9 augments the camera experience with a big helping of AI
Wide Camera: 50 MP Octa PD | ƒ/1.68 aperture | 82° field of view | 1/1.31" image sensor size Ultrawide Camera: 48 MP Quad PD | ƒ/1.7 aperture | 123° field of view | 1/2.55" image sensor size [Only on Pro variants] Telephoto Camera: 48 MP Quad PD | ƒ/2.8 aperture | 22° field of view | 5x optical zoom | Super Res Zoom up to 30x | 1/2.55" image sensor size When it comes to the camera experience on a Pixel smartphone, the focus isn’t much on the hardware but on a flock of AI features and how Google continues to push the boundaries of computational photography. The Pixel 9 series brings along signature Pixel imaging tools like Night Sight, Astrophotography, Face Unblur, Action Pan, Top Shot, et al, from the previous generations but also introduces a slew of new features, which work with varying degrees of success.
The AI-powered editing tool baked in Google Photos gets a major update this year with new features like Reimagine and Autoframe. While the results on the Pixel 8 series showed potential, they were mostly hit and miss.
The Pixel 9 series has upped the ante with broad content-aware fill features. Reimagine allows you to modify photos by using text prompts to describe the changes you want.
Whether it’s turning the grass outdoors into a lava floor or adding hot air balloons to the sky. Reimagine generates several options for you to choose from and puts Google’s generative AI skills to good use to achieve creative visual manipulations.
The prompts can be quite fun to use and are also an intuitive way for basic tasks like erasing objects in the background or moving subjects across the frame (instead of using one’s fingers with precision). Keep it generic, and you can create dreamy images, but the results can be less than
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