I thought I wanted a new Pixel camera app, but I really just needed a new p

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It’s funny — when one of us here at Android Authority*has an opinion, there’s usually someone else on the team who feels exactly the same way. So, when my colleague Dhruv argued that the iPhone 16 Pro’s Photographic Styles put him off from the Pixel 9 Pro’s straightforward image processing, I couldn’t help but agree with him. As much as I like what the Tensor G4 brings to Google’s latest flagship Pixel, sometimes I don’t want a final image that looks so true to life. I wished I had the adjustability of Apple’s color profiles with the reliability of Google’s processing and decided that something needed to change.

But if I was going to change something, what would it be? Would I look for a different camera app like Open Camera or ProShot? Or did I need a new photo editor like Lightroom or VSCO? Well, here’s how I decided.




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