Snapchat 'Upgraded' Its Android Camera Quality with 10-Year-Old Software

You may have noticed improved photo quality in the Android Snapchat app in recent months. Believe it or not, this is because Snapchat only just recently started using a decade-old camera API that predates every Android phone in existence. The basic premise of APIs is simple — they're tools that the operating system provides to let apps make use of hardware and other system functions. With that in mind, let me explain why Snapchat is taking better photos recently, but is still far from being a high quality camera app for Android. Camera2: The API Most Photo Apps Use Android actually has a... more



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