Ever noticed your Android phone takes worse photos in social apps like WhatsApp than in the camera app? It’s because they don’t use the same shooting mode and post-processing. And no matter how good a ...

While Google’s camera algorithms can do some incredible stuff, they aren’t so incredible for people of color. Algorithms simply aren’t optimized for darker skin tones and certain types of hair styles.

Google’s strength in smartphone cameras has always been its A.I. and computational photography systems. The photo your phone gives you after you press the shutter button isn’t a copy of the exact ...