The Samsung Galaxy is subsequently found to be powerful and convenient to use. At the same time, it feels like various simple control going out of your hands. Thus, if you want something extra then Samsung’s Camera Assistant app adds a bunch of camera settings.
Steps to Install Camera Assistant
The Samsung Camera Assistant app is only available on Samsung devices. Thus, there’s a need to download from the Galaxy Store, but not from the Google Play Store.
After it gets to install the app, a new Camera Assistant menu will tend to reflect on the existing camera settings menu. While, you can access it by tapping on the camera app, further tapping the settings icon, and scrolling down to Camera Assistant.
Moving further, you can also find the same in the Good Lock app as well if you have that installed. This proves to be a great way in order to add extra settings and tools. Whereas, you don’t need to install to use the Camera Assistant.
Moving ahead, the Camera Assistant is presently available for the following list of devices. However, the app should work on all of them, but as of now, not all of them have the entire settings available.
- Samsung Galaxy S20 / S21 / S22 / S23 series
- Samsung Galaxy Note 20
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 / Z Flip 4
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 / Z Fold 3 / Z Fold 4
Features of the Camera Assistant App
The main features of the Camera Assistant app are described by the following heads.
Toggle Auto HDR
HDR is created in order to produce better detail in an image’s light and dark areas. This has been starting in One UI 4.1, and it makes its presence by default for many Galaxy devices that supported HDR. Also, Camera Assistant brings back the toggle switch for this feature.
Choose Picture Softening
This option is quite essential and very useful, especially when taking portrait shots. As it provides you a bit extra control over the sharpness of your photos and simultaneously works well to soften skin and hair tones.
Enable Quick Tap Shutter
Here, is one of the worth-knowing factors the reason why there’s a slight lag in taking a photo with the Samsung Galaxy camera. Because the shutter fires when you release your finger from the shutter button, but not when you press the button. However, enabling Quick Tap Shutter doesn’t completely solve this issue. But it significantly shortens the lag issue and also simultaneously makes the button feel more responsive.
Disable Auto Lens Switching
Since the Samsung Galaxy camera software will automatically switch between various available lenses. It does this, depending on the surrounding light conditions, distance, and other variables. Turning Auto Lens Switching off puts the control of which is used into your hands. Also, this setting might not be available on all Samsung Galaxy devices.
Set the Capture Speed
The Galaxy camera software will automatically apply certain quality enhancements while you capture a photo. While the same result in a slight lag in capturing the image. Therefore, in order to optimize this, the Capture Speed option allows you to prioritize capture speed over image quality.
Camera Timer Multi-Photo Options
The timer is certainly an essential feature when you want to be in the frame while no one is there to help you capture the group photo. The drawback is that only one photo is taken each time. To help you out with this, the Timer Multi-photo Options setting enables you to change the number of photos taken. Here you can choose one, three, five, or seven photos, with up to three seconds between each shot.
Record Video in Photo Mode
Continuously holding the shutter button in the Galaxy camera enables you to capture video without switching to Video mode. While you can switch the feature if you only want photos.
Change Camera Timeout Delay
Notably, the camera on your phone can consume a lot of battery power if it’s kept open and running. While the default is to time out after two minutes of inactivity. Whereas the camera by default shutting down is problematic then you can now change the timeout to as long as ten minutes.
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