Google Camera 8.1 update disabled astrophotography on ultrawide lenses

You're now told "Zoom to 1x for astrophotography" before you can use the feature. What you need to know The Google Camera 8.1 update removed the astrophotography mode from the ultra-wide lens, despite it being available at launch. There is no indication when, or if, the feature will be re-added, nor why Google removed it. You can still shoot in Night Sight mode with the ultra-wide lens. One of the main differences between the Google Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G versus the cheaper Pixel 4a is the addition of a second, ultra-wide lens to the higher-end phones. Yet, as we noted in our Pixel 5 review and Pixel 4a 5G review, it's not as big of a game-changer as you might expect. Our reviewer described it as "perfectly average", and said it "won't win any awards for quality, sharpness, or reduction in barrel distortion", but praised it as a perfectly functional camera mode. Unfortunately, perfectly average didn't cut it when it came to one of our favorite Pixel features: the astrophotogra...
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