Google’s testing a darker dark mode for its Android search app (via Android Police), according to 9to5Google. This new shade still isn’t the same as the one presented in Google’s test of a pitch-black dark mode on desktops last month. Rather, the one spotted in the mobile app is darker than the usual dark gray but still lighter than pitch black. I momentarily had the pitch-black search page on desktop, but shortly after, it switched back to dark gray. The new dark mode in Google’s… Source link
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Users are beginning to see Google’s new pitch-black dark mode, 9to5Google reported. The previous dark mode was a gray that was soothing on the eyes, but Google switched to a true black (#000000) that should really pop on OLED and AMOLED displays. Google announced the wider availability of dark mode earlier this month, but thus far, the release has been slow. Few people seem to have it, and 9to5Google reports that some users have received the new theme only to lose it. Google said it was… Source link
Read More »Google Claims Its New Phone Camera Shows Darker Skin Better
The WSJ asked visitors to San Francisco’s Fisherman Wharf for permission to photograph them, then asked which they liked best. We took their photos outside on a partly cloudy day, with the normal wide-angle lens on three phones—Google’s Pixel 6, Samsung’s Galaxy S21 and Apple’s iPhone 13 Mini. Justin Sullivan/Getty, Cover: Google/AFP/Getty Source link
Read More »Google Built the Pixel 6 Camera to Better Portray People With Darker Skin Tones. Does It?
Google’s artificial intelligence and machine-learning algorithms have in the past been criticized for how they deal with darker skin tones, including mistakenly tagging photos of Black people as gorillas. The company apologized and said it would fix its software. Now, it’s using AI to power what it calls “the world’s most inclusive camera.” The goal of the Real Tone image processing in Google’s new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones is to “more accurately highlight the nuances… Source link
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