Pixel 11 camera upgrades include Instant Night Sight and bigger sensors - Engadget

'Magic Photo' gives you a great shot even if you don't time the shutter tap perfectly. Cameras are a key reason that people buy Pixel phones, so they always get a lot of attention at launch events. For the Pixel 11 series, Google has introduced new and bigger sensors, something that I think will help smartphone photographers a lot more that the usual AI stuff. Of course, the new lineup also gained some useful new computational features including one that will allow for faster night capture, along with new film looks and boosted digital zooms. Google's Night Sight lets you take photos in dim light without a flash, but you need to hold the camera steady for what can seem like forever (actually three to five seconds). Now, all the Pixel 11 smartphones offer a new feature called Instant Night Sight that reduces capture time by up to 4.5 times, so you can snap clear night shots in around a second or less. That's all done computationally, thanks to the "redesigned software, 50 percent more TPU and the [new] Tensor T7 chip," the company notes. The new Pixel phones have another new time-saving feature as well. Sometimes, it takes multiple photo attempts before you finally capture a group s