Behind the Motion Photos Technology in Pixel 2

[veritas3241]

I love learning and reading about the technology behind some of my favorite features. Motion Photos (and Apple's version as well) has been one of the biggest "I didn't know I wanted this" features on modern smartphones for me.

I've taken a lot of pictures of my dogs over the years but the pure joy I had when one of the first photos I took with my new phone turned into a looping 1 second video was surprising to me. I'm really looking forward to this summer when I get to take too many photos of my new kid.

Now if only I could directly upload these to Instagram without having to manually loop them...

[knodi123]

One thing I want to ask google is, why can't I browse through my previously-taken motion photos when I'm in a dead cell zone?

I went to the aquarium this weekend, took a lot of motion photos- but when scrolling through them in the gift shop, the "motion on" button just turned into an eternal loading icon. Even on photos I had taken the previous week.

[chanchar]

If you have smart storage on, those photos are not saved on the device but in the cloud.

[dharma1]

Google's computational photo/video expertise is so far ahead of any traditional camera manufacturer..

I wish they would release a prosumer Android camera with a 1"+ sensor, perhaps m43 mount, 10bit video and large bitrates - with all of their computational photo goodies.

[nicpottier]

Right, can you imagine a Sony RX100 with the post processing of a Pixel 2?

Then again, maybe we don't need that additional step and we are already at the point where your phone is enough: https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/9/17097696/pixel-2xl-geneva-...

[throwaway84742]

A mount would require long term commitment to the system. Something Google would culturally have a problem with.

[saagarjha]

This looks really similar to Apple's Live Photos with a bit of video stabilization.