{"id":359160,"date":"2017-10-05T06:45:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T06:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=359160"},"modified":"2017-10-05T06:45:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T06:45:22","slug":"google-pixel-2-phones-take-portrait-mode-selfies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/google-pixel-2-phones-take-portrait-mode-selfies\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Pixel 2 phones take portrait-mode selfies"},"content":{"rendered":"
Google’s second-generation Pixel mobile phones are able to take “portrait mode” photos via both their front and rear single-lens cameras.<\/p>\n
Other handsets have been able to auto-blur image backgrounds for some time, but they typically rely on using two-lens cameras on the phones’ backs to create realistic effects.<\/p>\n
Google said its innovation meant it could make more space for the battery and introduce front-facing speakers.<\/p>\n
But it has dropped the headphone jack.<\/p>\n
Instead of using a dedicated 3.5mm port, users will either need to use wireless headphones – Google is selling a pair called the Pixel Buds – or the USB-C charging socket.<\/p>\n
At the launch of the original Pixel phones, the search firm had mocked Apple’s abandonment of the traditional socket and made a virtue of its\u00a0opposite strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n