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- Chinese brand Vivo has announced a 4K portrait video mode.
- This mode will offer automatic subject focus switching like the iPhone’s Cinematic Mode.
- Vivo claims that you can even change the focus area after shooting a clip.
Apple launched its Cinematic Mode for videos with the iPhone 13 series, offering portrait video with the ability to automatically switch focus to various subjects. Android phones have long had portrait video too but have lacked smart focusing functionality, forcing users to tap on subjects instead.
Now, vivo has announced a 4K portrait video mode powered by its new V3 imaging chip, and this could be a proper rival to Apple’s Cinematic Mode. For one, the company confirmed that this feature does indeed offer “automatic subject focus detection and switching” like Apple’s mode.