Pixel 2's Visual Core Chip Now Works with Instagram, Snapchat and WhatsApp

Google is miles ahead of its competitions when it comes to the photographic camera operation. The Pixel 2 and the Pixel ii Xl smartphones are capable of taking some mesmerizing photos and videos. The company's hidden visual core image-processing chips are in-part responsible for that. Now, thanks to a new update, this flake will exist able to work with third-political party apps like Instagram and Snapchat as well.

Yeah, Google has flipped the switch on its Pixel Visual Core chip to help you lot take better pictures on third-party apps like Snapchat, Instagram, and fifty-fifty WhatsApp. As of at present, these are the three supported applications; yet, we are expecting the list to abound in no time.

The announcement came from a blog post where Ofer Shacham, Google's engineering manager, mentioned that the said applications would be able to take advantage of the chip to amend the quality of the pictures and videos.

We're turning on Pixel Visual Cadre for Pixel 2 users. Using computational photography and car learning, Pixel Visual Cadre improves image quality in apps that accept photos. This means information technology'll be easier to shoot and share amazing photos on Instagram, WhatsApp, and Snapchat, along with many other apps which use the Pixel 2 camera. All you need to do is take the photo and Pixel 2 will do the rest. – Mr. Shacham

In case you're wondering how Google'south visual core chip works, it uses Google'south HDR+ characteristic and takes upwards to x identical underexposed shots and averages them together for the best result. The visual core flake tin can crisis over 3 trillion operations per 2d, and hence all the processing happens within a matter of few seconds. The result? Well, it's quite impressive! Cheque out some of the sample shots taken with and without the use of visual core to see the departure:

Same picture taken without (left) and with HDR+ on Pixel Visual Core (right).

Aforementioned movie taken without (left) and with HDR+ on Pixel Visual Cadre (right).

Same picture taken without (left) and with HDR+ on Pixel Visual Core (right).

The update which enables the Visual Core chip for third-party applications is now rolling out to the Pixel 2 family and you should have the update within the next couple of days depending on the region. Y'all can head over to Google's blog post for a more detailed write up on how this characteristic works. Lastly, every bit a programmer, if you are willing to implement Google's visual core back up on your application, then check out Google's Open Source Documentation for the same.