The new version Android will make it harder for users to take good photos! This news could be called so – it would also be true. The main thing is that now the capabilities of everyone who has Android 11 installed will be a little more scarce. This is most likely due to additional security measures designed to make the operating system more secure, but this way we end up with iOS. It turns out that Android will no longer have the functionality for which it was appreciated? Anything is possible, but so far we are only seeing the process of introducing new restrictions. What happened to the smartphone camera this time and is everything as bad as it might seem at first glance? Is it even worse?
In Android 11 we have already prepared at least one trick.
Benefits Android
From the very beginning, the main advantage Android really was that the system was as open as possible for any developer. They could do whatever they wanted as long as they could put it into an application form. But that has changed over the years as security and privacy have become more of a priority.
Every major update over the past decade has closed features or added user restrictions, but some of the sacrifices may have been unnecessary. It is possible that the new decision of the company is a reinsurance, without which it was possible to do, but she is convinced of the opposite.
Changes in Android 11
Another innovation Android 11, this time will deprive users of the ability to choose third-party camera applications for shooting or video on behalf of other applications. Now, in this case, you can only rely on the built-in camera application.
Each application will need to use a stock camera.
At the heart of this change is one of the defining features Android – the Intent system. Let's say you need to take a photo of something in order to send it in a message or upload it to Avito. Previously, you would be prompted to select a camera and if you have multiple third-party apps installed, you could choose the one you like best. Now this cannot be done and you will have to use only the standard application.
The problem is that low-cost smartphone manufacturers often skimp on the camera app. It is it that is largely responsible for the quality of the images. The sensor is good, but the information from it still needs to be processed. For higher quality images, you can install third-party applications, but they will now be a little more difficult to use.
Usually, developers of non-core applications did not bother to make a full-fledged built-in camera and simply gave it to the operating system through the intent system, which offered the choice. Now there will be no choice. Only stock application – only hardcore.
Some built-in cameras perform very poorly.
Google sees this as a reasonable compromise in the fight for user safety. However, she does not give an answer as to what exactly made these intentions dangerous. Some users may have been tricked into installing a malicious camera app by default and then using it to capture images that should have been kept private.
Camera limitations in Android 11
Android 11 not only allows the pre-installed camera app to automatically launch on demand, but also prevents app developers from conveniently providing their own interface to simulate the same functionality. This even applies to apps built by Google itself.
At the same time, a third-party application can be made the default application, and in this case the application that needs to receive a photo will refer to it. This is not so convenient, because some camera applications offer higher quality, others offer more filter, and still others do something else. As a result, some users simply cannot choose one default application for themselves and often use different cameras for different purposes.
Good smartphones with a camera are fine. Inexpensive ones have problems. That's what third-party apps are for.
It is not yet clear how this will affect the final version Android 11, but at the moment everything is exactly like that. There is also no reason to believe that such changes will be canceled in the future. Most likely, if it appears in an upcoming version Android, it will become the standard for all future versions. If you disagree with this, please express yourself in our Telegram chat. Let's see how many of us.
This, of course, is not a critical change, and for many users who already use the built-in camera by default, it will simply be invisible. However, this reveals some of the company's intentions, which indicate that it is taking security more and more seriously.
In addition, many users will indeed experience certain inconveniences from such an innovation. Especially for those who install GCam ports or cameras with a lot of filters for use on social networks on their smartphone.