Even though Android is more open than iOS, there's one area where Android always lags behind third-party camera apps. The Android ecosystem has struggled because third-party apps can't take advantage of every camera feature. However, things could change with Android 15 as Google has added a new feature that allows third-party camera apps to work better when filming.

Third-party camera apps on Android will soon be able to record better videos thanks to the Camera2 API

Third-party Android apps use the Camera2 API to access the camera. This API provides five extensions that can be used by phone companies: Auto, Bokeh, Face Retouch, HDR, and Night. However, not all companies take advantage of these extensions. For example, Samsung uses them all for Galaxy phones, but Google only uses Night. Furthermore, these extensions can only be used for still images. They cannot be used during filming.

With Android 15, Google will add an extension to Camera2 called Eyes Free Videography. As the name suggests, it can be used when filming. Third-party apps like Instagram can use this extension for better filming.

While basic image stabilization has been made available for third-party applications, advanced digital image stabilization is not easy to take advantage of because it is not publicly available or has changed too much from the product. one product to another. The new Eyes Free Videography extension will make video recording capabilities of third-party apps better on Android.