Computational Photography (Night Mode)
Smartphone cameras rapidly replaced DSLRs and point-and-shoots, but even the best of them struggled in low-light environments. That is, until Huawei released Night Mode on the Mate 20 Pro and Google released Night Sight for the Pixel 3. Finally, with a steady hand and a bit of patience, smartphones could take crisp, noise-free images in dark conditions. It made photos taken at night appear as if they’d been shot with professional lighting equipment. All of a sudden, details that would have been lost in the shadows were clearly visible.
With Night Sight, Google proved to the world that its software-first approach to smartphones could revolutionize features that had long relied on hardware. It didn’t take long for competitors, including Apple and Samsung, to release their own versions.
