Nothing Phone (2a) gets camera improvements and April security patch with new update
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- droidnexus
- XUx
- 17 Apr 2024
Thejus, 16 Apr 2024After this update the camera quality has been decreased and... moreYT HDR
Google moved many of their YouTube videos to av1 to save on hosting costs.
Unfortunately in the process, they introduced a severe bug affecting
millions of devices. Summarizing:
- only 8g2 and newer support av1 hardware decoding on the qcom side.
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while YouTube respects device av1 limits on non hdr
(media_codecs_performance.xml), it does not respect device limits on HDR
videos, offering higher resolution than devices can play for software
decoding.
- Anything beyond 1080p non hdr av1 will lag tremendously (but is blocked)
- Anything beyond 720p hdr10 av1 lags tremendously (>90% frame drops until unplayable).
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All videos which have been switched to av1 are now using tremendous
battery and cpu cycles since they are now all software decoded using a
low performance sw decoder (dav1d) — all to save Google some hosting
costs.
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- Anonymous
- am3
- 17 Apr 2024
Anonymous, 16 Apr 2024Now this phone is Something.No this phone is “nothing”
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- Dharam
- 3JN
- 16 Apr 2024
Why not include portrait video
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- Anonymous
- m51
- 16 Apr 2024
CamoGeko-XDA, 16 Apr 2024I really admire the progress that Nothing has made with thi... moreThese paid comments are always hilarious. Keep it up, Carl.
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- 0odle-noodle
- Tbx
- 16 Apr 2024
Thejus, 16 Apr 2024After this update the camera quality has been decreased and... morewhy are you streaming 4k video on a device that can only output 1080p? seems a bit ridiculous
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- Thejus
- YQ}
- 16 Apr 2024
After this update the camera quality has been decreased and 4k hdr videos are lagging in YouTube
- CamoGeko-XDA
- ABG
- 16 Apr 2024
I really admire the progress that Nothing has made with this device in terms of upgrades!
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- Mills
- kB5
- 16 Apr 2024
W Nothing. There are better midrangers out there but still, this deserves a win. It has incredible battery life, unique design, and a potent chipset for medium gaming.
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- Anonymous
- 4BT
- 16 Apr 2024
Did they fix nothing chat that leak information
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- Anonymous
- x{6
- 16 Apr 2024
MindTheGap, 16 Apr 2024It's nice to see that they care about users who use 3r... moreBlame to Google that third-party launchers won't be functional on some OEMs, as the Gesture Navigation is very janky to use, hogs more RAM, and not so-so responsive at times of switching apps. Forcing us to use the default launcher to make Gesutre navigation functional.
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- Anonymous
- IWQ
- 16 Apr 2024
Now this phone is Something.
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- Mobile92
- KIC
- 16 Apr 2024
Nothing Phone (2a) gets camera - improved camera color saturation & Optimized blur accuracy in Portrait Mode.
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- Anonymous
- nFP
- 16 Apr 2024
Doesn't stop it looking like a Fisher Price toy 😂
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- Anonymous
- pKL
- 16 Apr 2024
The slow camera processing time was something that I read users were experiencing so it's good to see Nothing working on it.
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- Nothing phone 2 user
- BiP
- 16 Apr 2024
Feeling like neglected older sibling! Need those camera updates for NP2 although I doubt I will be able to tell the difference .
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- Anonymous
- JdJ
- 16 Apr 2024
Say what you will about nothing, but the support they've been putting out for this phone has been pretty impressive.
- justasmile
- RxE
- 16 Apr 2024
Anonymous, 16 Apr 2024 I am still waiting for Nothing to deliver on their promise... moreApril security patch should be on the way.
- MindTheGap
- txE
- 16 Apr 2024
It's nice to see that they care about users who use 3rd party launcher, unlike Samsung (their proprietary widgets aren't working outside their own launcher) and Xiaomi (don't ever try to use gesture with 3rd party launcher). 😒
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- Anonymous
- S2T
- 16 Apr 2024
I am still waiting for Nothing to deliver on their promised security update policy for Nothing Phone (1). They promised to update every 2. Month but so far it has not happened. It only receives security updates every 3-4 months