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Google Pixel 4 takes photos of the stars in leaked video
Google’s Pixel 4 likely won’t come out until October (that’s when the Pixel 3 was announced last year), but rumors are in full swing.
And today, there’s a big one: A leaked official promo video, via 9to5Google, that shows the phone in black and white colors. It also shows several previously rumored or announced features in action, including hands-free gestures and a special photography mode for taking photos of stars.
The video, which appears to be genuine, shows a user waving a hand in front of the phone to skip to the next music track. It also details some advanced Google Assistant commands, such as finding a specific set of photos that contain food and then sending them to a friend. Improved Night Sight is mentioned, and the phone is showing taking a very usable photo of a starry sky, something most phones can’t do at all.
One recent rumor that wasn’t confirmed was that the Pixel 4 will be available in orange or coral. It still may be true, but the color isn’t shown in the promo video.
Notably, Google already features some hands-free gestures in a different, shorter promo video (above), so it’s quite possible that the company will officially launch the new one soon.
Amazingly, there are more Pixel 4 rumors out today. A member of XDA Developers dug through the code of Google’s Camera app and found references to several possible new camera features. These include Audio Zoom, which re-focuses the phone’s microphones when you zoom in and out on the camera, Live HDR, which applies HDR to the camera viewfinder in real time, and improved wide-angle selfies (which indicates the use of a wide-angle selfie camera).
Other recent leaks indicated that the Pixel 5 will have a 90Hz display as well as a neat feature which allows Google Assistant to wait instead of you when you’re put on hold.
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