This new Android Canary feature will let you stop HDR photos from blinding you at night

by dbadmin | Jul 10, 2025 | Android 16, Google, HDR, News

HDR content can really stand out on a screen of SDR images, especially in low-light environments . In order to limit distractions like that Google’s been working on an new set of “Enhanced HDR brightness” options. After first spotting them in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1,...

One UI 8 could give screenshots an HDR glow-up that was missing from betas

by dbadmin | Jun 20, 2025 | Android 16, HDR, News, Samsung, Samsung One UI

Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Samsung is testing HDR screenshot support for One UI 8 with its latest closed beta (ZYF7) release. The feature likely relies on Android 16’s embedded gain maps to show true HDR imagery when viewed correctly. HDR screenshots...

Pixel users say Google’s image processing is ruining shots. Are you affected?

by dbadmin | May 8, 2025 | Google, Google Pixel 9, Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold, HDR, News

Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Several Pixel users are reporting discrepancies between their camera viewfinder previews and the final processed photos. Most of the complaints focus on over-processed images with inaccurate color balance. The issue could be...

Android 16 lets you take proper screenshots of your beautiful HDR photos

by dbadmin | Feb 21, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, Google, HDR, News

Android 16 is implementing support for true HDR screenshots, enabling you to take screenshots of HDR content. This capability is live in Android 16 Beta 2 and builds upon the previous work that Google did to support HDR in Android screenshots. However, HDR screenshots...

Disney Plus is about to look even better on Samsung TVs with HDR10+

by dbadmin | Jan 10, 2025 | Disney Plus, HDR, News, Samsung

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Disney Plus will soon add support for HDR10+, joining Prime Video, Apple TV Plus, and others. This will bring dynamic range metadata to Samsung devices, which don’t support Dolby Vision. Samsung helped develop HDR10+...

Google and Apple are making HDR photos work better on Android and iOS

by dbadmin | Oct 29, 2024 | Android 15, Apple iOS, Authority Insights, Google, HDR, News

Google and Apple are adopting the ISO 21496-1 standard for gain map metadata used in HDR photos. This will allow HDR photos taken from an iPhone or an Android phone to be viewed as intended on any platform. ISO 21496-1 support is available in Android 15, iOS 18,...