Google Is Banning Android Phone Cameras From Using Face-Altering Features
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Google is initiating a new move for Android 11 that will prevent devices from using face-altering algorithms to smoothen complexions or modify skin toness.
The decision was highlighted by XDA Developers’ Mishaal Rahman, who tweeted out the update while reviewing the Vivo X50 Pro. Smartphones like the X50 Pro usually perform instant edits, such as skin tone-brightening on users even when “beauty mode” is turned off.
Now, with the new change to Android’s Camera API Behavior requirements, any edits to the face should be made after photos are taken.
Google requires that new Android devices “ensure that the facial appearance is not altered including altering facial geometry, facial skin tone, or facial skin smoothening.”
The requirement might only be applied to camera hardware, but not for tools like Instagram and Snapchat. According to Slash Gear, the move is meant to decrease the usage of beauty-enhancing filters and perhaps help re-evaluate the idea of perfection in society.
It seems that Google is banning OEMs from implementing facial tweaking algorithms during image processing. This means all images, by default, won't have faces tweaked, but can still do it in post. So turning off beauty modes will *actually* turn it off. pic.twitter.com/NEmPK8iFsa
— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) July 16, 2020
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