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Nokia Camera’s Big Update Is Not So Big After All

With most devices stuck on the older firmware, the update adds nothing new to some devices.

 

While the world awaits Microsoft’s next big announcement, which takes place a few hours from now, the company has silently pushed out a big update for its Nokia Camera app. The update adds a plethora of new features including, the much-awaited living images, and continuous auto-focus that were present only in the Beta Nokia Camera app until now. Of course you do need to keep in mind that the number of features will be limited to the device that you are using.

The most-awaited feature is the Living Images, a mode that allows you to click images in a gif-like format with audio adding more emotion to your photographs. Next up is continuous auto-focus for faster focusing, allowing for quicker shooting because your viewfinder will always be in focus.

Another big addition is the new camera roll, which allows for full resolution zooming and also features in line playback or videos, cinemagraphs, smart sequences and Refocus images. Finally, Nokia Camera now integrates with Nokia Creative Studio and Video Trimmer apps, meaning that you will not need to jump in and out of apps while shooting and uploading images.

Living Images and continuous auto-focus are currently only supported only on Lumia 930, 1520 and Icon running the Lumia Cyan software update. We tested the new update on our Lumia 630 running WP 8.1 and the update adds nothing new. The only new feature was in line playback in the camera roll which is again limited to Refocus images. Nokia indeed needs to work on a less fragmented approach to hardware, which will help all handset owners when it comes to such updates.

The update will apparently work on devices with Lumia Amber update as well; so if you happen to own one give it a shot a let us know what’s new for you in the comments below.

[See Also: Nokia Schedules June 24 Announcement: X2 Or Lumia 530?]


TAGS: Apps, Software, Nokia, Microsoft, Mobile Phones

 
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