Google Night Sight now available for Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, we test it out

14 November 2018
Rolling out as Camera update on the Google Play Store.

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It's a hit and miss, well a miss mostly, unless you are using it under total-pitch-black environment. If its totally black though, Night Sight does make the images look like wonder photos.

    Imo regular looks better and natural and Night Sight should be a bit warmer its too cool

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      • AnonD-395224
      • vjq
      • 14 Nov 2018

      Night sight is is not even official yet and it shows great result. Can't wait for the final release for my pixel 3 xl.

        I think the most disappointing thing about the Pixel 3/XL is that they don't improve enough upon the Pixel 2/XL. Aside from wireless charging, i don't see any reason why anyone would want to upgrade from 2/XL to 3/XL. It has the same design, same camera, same RAM & storage, same features (except the wireless charging), same battery, and so on. It's honestly underwhelming.

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          • AnonD-492870
          • FVp
          • 14 Nov 2018

          AnonD-784107, 14 Nov 2018It's a good camera for single lens. But it's 2018. And sing... moreNokia nailed this years ago. Weird how just now makers are starting to catch up and even surpass the infamous Pureview tech of those days. Be interesting to see how Nokia goes about reinventing pureview on Android now that Lumias and the great 808 are gone.

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            • Anonymous
            • j5$
            • 14 Nov 2018

            AnonD-784107, 14 Nov 2018It's a good camera for single lens. But it's 2018. And sing... moreYou're right. The night shots are better than the p20p.

              Anonymous, 14 Nov 2018There is no such thing as 'optical zoom' on a mobile phone ... moreActually, there have been a few iconic phones like that in the past. Such as these:

              https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4_zoom-5447.php

              https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_k_zoom-6210.php

              But we likely won't see those kind of phones these days because phones these days are slim and slender, which makes it impossible for them to have proper zooming hardware.

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                • AnonD-784107
                • pY$
                • 14 Nov 2018

                It's a good camera for single lens. But it's 2018. And single cam phones are so 2014. Also the night time shot seems good. Not P20 pro good. But quite good. Again should of use multiple lens to get a better quality image. I hope they fixed the poor battery life.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 2S5
                  • 14 Nov 2018

                  Nokia did it 5 years before on lumia 520.LOL

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                    • Anonymous
                    • myM
                    • 14 Nov 2018

                    Walter C. Dornez, 14 Nov 2018True, though the fact that they achieved that much with onl... moreMy thoughts exactly. The camera has never been an issue, the rest is low range. Poor BT/wifi, message deletion issues, too small battery, glass back, no jack, beta software.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • LaT
                      • 14 Nov 2018

                      Whackcar, 14 Nov 2018The thing is, it shouldn't have had a single camera in the ... moreThere is no such thing as 'optical zoom' on a mobile phone despite what they call it. Optical zoom is when the lens zooms in physically. It's just crap manufacturers feeds you

                        Walter C. Dornez, 14 Nov 2018True, though the fact that they achieved that much with onl... moreThe thing is, it shouldn't have had a single camera in the first place. A single camera, no matter how good cannot provide optical zoom or wide-angle shots. Google added dual-front cameras for this very reason. It makes no sense for them to put single camera on the back, especially when they're charging as much as the competition.

                        Camera aside, there's nothing special about the Pixel phones. People who want stock android can just go for OnePlus phones, as they have enhanced stock android combined with tons of RAM, which ends up performing better than the Pixels...

                          Whackcar, 14 Nov 2018To those wondering about the difference between Google Nigh... moreTrue, though the fact that they achieved that much with only one camera is quite amazing. If only I could the same about the rest of the phone

                            To those wondering about the difference between Google Night Sight and Huawei Night Mode, it is as below:

                            Night Sight: Slightly brighter image, more noise, less sharpness, less dynamic range
                            Night Mode: Slightly darker image, less noise, more sharpness, more dynamic range

                            You don't have to take my word for it, see this video for your own conclusion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxei2boZv_U

                            I know which one i prefer. ;)

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                              • Dodo
                              • jAr
                              • 14 Nov 2018

                              I kind of like the regular samples better. The nigh sight processing makes the images too processed looking to me.

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                                • Hoffmann
                                • MUa
                                • 14 Nov 2018

                                It looks bright enough, but too much noise. The noise destroys it

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • JT5
                                  • 14 Nov 2018

                                  While UHS of Xz2 Premium using more ISO and faster shutter can achieve better results without any blur.

                                  At least this one is not as poor as Mix 3 or OP6T that uses one shot of longer exposure without lowering ISO. They do pretty poor photos.

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                                    • aj6
                                    • 14 Nov 2018

                                    the google phone is failing miserably

                                      I've also taken a few shots on my 2 XL using the modified APK that enabled the new 'Night Sight' feature and the results were amazing, even in it's non-final form.

                                      Taken a shot in near pitch black conditions, the images was full of noise and looked like a painting, but you could clearly tell what was shown, that is certainly something.
                                      https://twitter.com/Techusiast/status/1056985260469223425

                                      I expect this camera feature to be one of the most useful ones on future phones, very impressive.

                                        Ares, 14 Nov 2018It add too much blue color.yeah, regular one,number 9, looks way better than the next one,much more realistic.

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