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- Google has quietly revived the ability to take ultrawide astrophotography shots.
- The feature only seems to be available on the Pixel 8 Pro for now.
- Google initially offered this feature in 2020 before killing it a few months later.
The Google Pixel 8 series has been out for over two months now, and we’ve dissected the hardware, software, and everything in between. However, it turns out that Google quietly revived a camera feature that it killed back in 2020.
We spotted the ability to take astrophotography shots with the ultrawide camera on the Pixel 8 Pro. Check out our screenshot below, which shows the astrophotography icon when using the ultrawide camera.