{"id":336786,"date":"2025-12-10T12:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T12:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/336786\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T12:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T12:43:12","slug":"pixel-camera-10-2-rolling-out-flips-back-brightness-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/336786\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixel Camera 10.2 rolling out: Flips back brightness, shadow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Camera-Quick-Access.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Google is rolling out the latest update to Pixel Camera this week and version 10.2 flips back the Quick access controls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/12\/13\/pixel-camera-9-7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quick access controls<\/a> were introduced last year. With a tap of the viewfinder, you get sliders on the left and right side to adjust white balance, brightness, and shadows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the Material 3 Expressive redesign in <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/10\/16\/pixel-camera-10-1-material-3-expressive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">version 10.1<\/a> this October, Google flipped things around so that the first slider is for shadows and then brightness comes after. Google also tweaked the circular icons in the drag handle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">10.1 vs. 10.2<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2340\" data-id=\"698384\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=698384\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/Pixel-Camera-10.2-sliders.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=473\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pixel-Camera-10.2-sliders.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2856\" data-id=\"698383\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=698383\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/Pixel-Camera-10.1-sliders.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=459\" data-width=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pixel-Camera-10.1-sliders.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pixel Camera 10.2 brings back the previous design where brightness appears first followed by shadows, with everything reverted to the original approach and look.<\/p>\n<p>We haven\u2019t noticed any other changes today.\u00a0The December 2025 update noted \u201cGeneral improvements for camera stability under certain conditions\u201d for the Pixel 9 \u2013 Pixel 10 Pro Fold.<\/p>\n<p>Pixel Camera <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apkmirror.com\/apk\/google-inc\/camera\/pixel-camera-10-2-095-834499094-08-release\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">10.2.095.834499094.08<\/a> is not yet widely rolled out <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via the Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More on Pixel:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764374954_669_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" 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