For most of us, the Pixel 3’s camera is perfect and while we may not find any flaw or need for improvement, Google insists there’s room for more. At the launch of the smartphone, Google threw “light” on a feature which would allow high-quality shots in night-time without flash or other external lighting. While we’re yet to get it officially, an unofficial mod is already here to show us what Google has cooked up.
Here are some of the shots that we took with and without Night Sight:
As you can see, the difference is night and day – literally in some cases. The scene seems to have significantly more light with Night Sight mode activated. The feature also works equally well in selfies and you can see the difference in the images below.
The pictures clicked with Night Sight on Pixel 3 have visible noise but the degree to which the mode changes these images allows us to overlook these color distortion – and in most use-cases it won’t even matter since you will not be pixel-peeping on these on social media.
You can download the modded Google Camera app by cstark27 using this link (via XDA-Developers). This Camera mod will be installed as a separate app and not on top of the official camera app. With that said, you don’t need root access or any major modification to use it and it won’t harm the original camera in any way. In fact, photos clicked with the app sit right next to the photos clicked on the official app.
