With the release of Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, there have been radical changes in the camera application: Apart from the new name, Pixel Camera, Google finally introduces manual settings on its smartphones; Only the “basic” Pro model is deprived of these advanced options. Whether it is or not, GCam developers come to your rescue.

Pixels have one of the best camera apps in the smartphone universe, there’s no arguing about that. And Google manages to extract a tremendous amount of energy from its sensors; This isn’t because the capture hardware is the most advanced in Android: AI capabilities integrated into the software and “done in Google” operations work miracles. Not only that, this miracle is transferred to almost every Android smartphone, the famous GCam is one of the best modifications available. Even on the latest version of Google Camera.

Pixel Camera 9.1 with professional settings even for Exynos

Usually Google Camera software It is much better adapted to Snapdragon processors than Samsung Exynos or MediaTek.. This does not mean that these SoCs are deprived of community support; It’s just a matter of testing each GCam on the desired mobile phones: most capture software usually works. Or just about anything, the latest development from modder BigKaka is a good example.

The stable version of GCam 9.1 modified by BigKaka offers a multitude of additional options that complement the excellent performance of the Pixel Camera. Apart from what is included as standard by Google, GCam mode includes Shamim’s professional settings, greater ease in loading capture profiles and different versions depending on the phone’s SoC. For example, for Snapdragon or Samsung Exynos chips.

We tested various versions of this GCam and the experience was quite satisfactory. We had no problems with the Google Pixel 6a: Most of the options are no problem, it’s a really useful GCam. We also tested the app on the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra with Exynos: here the custom version of the chip was slightly slower and tended to cause a forced shutdown after keeping the on-screen viewer active for a long time. As is usually the case, GCam needs to be tested on each mobile phone to see if it is compatible enough.

To download the stable version of BigKaka for Pixel Camera 9.1, just go to Celso Azevedo’s website: there are different installation links for each SoC family.

Xataka on Android | Neither artificial intelligence nor cameras: this is the key to Google standing out with Pixel 8