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Google has announced its new flagship smartphones, the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. Each smartphone sports the new Google Tensor 3 chip, Google's most powerful chip, and includes upgraded cameras. Google says the Pixel 8 Pro offers "the best Pixel camera yet."

The Obscura 4 camera app is out now, and with it comes a host of new tools and updates, along with a new pricing system.

Leica's FOTOS app, the company's free and universal smartphone app that works alongside Leica cameras, is now integrated with the popular macOS photo and video editing app Darkroom.

Swiss start-up Reeflex recently launched a new iOS camera app, ReeHeld, that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver enhanced long-exposure photography compared to the native Camera app on iPhone.

Earlier this spring, a new photography-focused app, Luma, hit the App Store with the promise to give control back to mobile photographers and ensure that shutterbugs got the most they could from the iPhone's impressive image sensor. Luma's developer, Rafal Kopiec, recently returned to the drawing board and created a redesigned Luma's "Pro Cam."

Last year, Sony said that it had developed a new type of sensor that was capable of gathering double the light of conventional sensors while also reducing noise. That sensor has finally made it into a consumer product, and the company has further explained how it works.

Super Res Zoom has been a part of the Google Pixel system since the launch of the Pixel 3, but with the Pixel 7 Pro, Google notes it took a big step forward and has explained how the feature works.

Samsung unveiled its new flagship Galaxy S23 smartphones in February, including the extremely impressive S23 Ultra, which PetaPixel describes as including "among the best mobile cameras." However, based on a Redditor's claims, the picture isn't as rosy for Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23+ owners.

The iOS app Luma aims to provide photographers with a unique, fun, and customizable photo and camera experience. While leveraging the power of RAW images on iPhone, Luma also allows users to create a custom processing pipeline saved as presets.

The Mobile Photography Awards (MPA) has announced the winners of its 12th annual photo contest. Founded in 2011, the MPA celebrates the best mobile photographers and showcases beautiful photos captured by smartphones.

The OnePlus 11 is now official, bringing the brand’s newest flagship phone to market, plus a debut tablet in the OnePlus Pad that also goes the flagship route.

Sony is set to provide Apple with a "state-of-the-art" image sensor for its next iPhone that will supposedly double the amount of light it can capture and give it the ability to clearly capture a face even with a strong backlight.

Samsung has announced that the Z Fold 4 is getting support for the Expert RAW app, which lets users manually change camera settings and shoot in RAW.

Filter company NiSi has announced a trio of Smartphone Filter Kits for iPhone users including Landscape, Filmmaker, and Cinema packages.

Most people today own a smartphone with a camera that they bring with them everywhere they go. These state-of-the-art mobile cameras arguably make everyone a photographer (in some sense of the word).

There can be a lot of gear-envy among photographers when they see others with tons of expensive camera gear, lighting equipment, and modifiers. It is also all too easy to say that you can’t be creative because you don’t have access to a particular light or piece of equipment.

HONOR recently announced the successor to the Magic3 smartphone, the Magic4, which has achieved record-breaking photo and video capabilities according to DXOMark. Despite a quick turnaround between models, the Magic4 Ultimate smartphone is (on paper) jam-packed with flagship specifications and a camera system that has been rated the best of its class by DXOMark with a score of 146, and the Magic4 Pro version achieving the Gold Label ranking, showing the company has built a system specifically for photography professionals and enthusiasts alike.

Matterport positions its new Axis as a way for Realtors to easily provide prospective home buyers a way to digitally walk through a listing without even being there.

The Mobile Photography Awards have announced its 11th annual selections for the best works of international photography captured with smartphones.

The NoFilter app is designed to help photographers discover picturesque locations all over the world. It focuses on the natural beauty of destinations and promotes showcasing locations without artificially enhancing them.