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Credit: Ryan-Thomas Shaw / Android Authority There are few things we take more for granted than snapping a quick photograph with our phones. The rise of computational photography paired with multiple-lenses and the inherent convenience factor have made smartphones the default choice for most users. While it has been years since smartphones completely destroyed the point and shoot market, even high-end SLRs have been facing the heat. However, the camera phone heavy-hitters of today stand on the shoulders of giants. Sure, it might seem that we're seeing a rapid increase in the pace of photography-related innovations but you'd be surprised to know just how many of these have been attempted before, sometimes well over a decade ago. In fact, in many ways, we've come a full circle. Let's look at some of the defining moments in phone camera history and how they shaped modern camera phones. Read more: The best Android camera phones you can buy The first camera phones It took mo...

Taking a look back at seven days of news and headlines across the world of Android, this week's Android Circuit includes Samsung's new Galaxy release dates, problems with Galaxy screens, testing the P40 Pro Plus camera, OnePlus's new phone confirmation, the Honor 9A announcement, Windows Defender for Android, and Google Photo's latest update. Android Circuit is here to remind you of a few of the many things that have happened around Android in the last week (and you can find the weekly Apple news digest here). Samsung's New Galaxy Release Schedule In previous years, Samsung has put on a blowout launch event in August. This year it appears to be a little different, with a staggered launch of the new Note, Fold and S20 handsets over three months. Robert Jones reports: "…The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 will launch in August. This will then be followed by the Galaxy Fold 2 in September, and then the Galaxy S20 Fan Edition will follow in October. "The...

OnePlus has a new phone coming. The company has already taken to teasing its next device on Twitter and Instagram, with CEO Pete Lau posting on Tuesday that the phone will arrive first in Europe and India. Now, we have some more details on the front cameras, with a new report indicating the forthcoming phone will have two selfie cameras.  According to Android Central, quoting an "insider source," the next OnePlus phone will have dual 32- and 8-megapixel cameras on the front, a first for a OnePlus device. The cameras, the site notes, will be located in a cutout in the top-left corner with the 32-megapixel camera the main shooter and the 8-megapixel sensor a wide-angle lens. For more Mobil...

reader comments 9 with 8 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit The latest version of ARCore, Google's augmented reality developer platform for Android phones, now includes a depth API. The API was released as a preview back in December, but now it's live for everyone in ARCore 1.18. Previously, ARCore would map out walls and floors and scale AR objects accordingly, but the Depth API enables things like occlusion—letting AR actors appear to be behind objects in the real world. The other big feature enabled by depth sensing is the ability to simulate physics, like the ability to toss a virtual object down the real-life stairs and have it bounce around realistically. 3D sen...

Microsoft rolled out new enterprise security protection for Android phones on Tuesday, entering a $10 billion mobile security market — and taking its cybersecurity push beyond Windows. The company says this simplifies security for companies seeking to protect remote workers on multiple work devices.  Analysts say Microsoft's comprehensive "zero trust" security makes sense for companies trying to address complicated security vulnerabilities.  These moves, like other recent growth, were planned for years but greatly speeded up by COVID-19's impact on innovation in cloud computing.  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Microsoft continued to expand its cybersecurity coverage Tuesday, launching enterprise protection for Android phones, and announcing iPhone security protection for companies by year's end.  The company says this expansion represents another step in its comprehensive vision of "zero trust" — a...

The Status Keycard now works with Android smartphones to make mobile apps more secure. Status, the Ethereum-based messaging company, has expanded the use case for its Keycard, a hardware wallet first announced in February 2019. It now works with Android mobile devices using much the same security technology as that found in modern credit cards. It also enables a user to both authorize the spending of crypto either online or using a point-of-sale device and, with this new functionality, it acts as a form of two-factor authentication (2FA) for logging into applications like the Status messaging app and Ethereum wallet. "If you are a regular Status user without a Keycard, your private keys are in your mobile phone," Guy-Louis Grau, the product manager for Keycard, told CoinDesk. "Some users want to have their private keys outside of any connected device." The private keys on the card are additionally protected by a PIN, so if someone stole or found a person's K...