Here's how Google fixes your discombobulated face in wide-angle Pixel shots
While LG was using wide-angle lenses on its flagship phones before it was cool, there is barely a popular brand now that hasn’t jumped in on that very bandwagon, and not only for the selfie shots but within the main rear camera kits as well.
These lenses are great for group or nature photos but the problem is that the wide-angle shots also catch the curves lens areas as well, and return very visible distortions, especially towards the edges.
If you’re having trouble fitting everyone in shot, or you want the beautiful scenery as well as your beautiful face, try our new wide angle lens that lets you get much more in your selfie. You can get up to 184% more in the shot, or 11 people is my own personal record. Wide angle lenses fit more people in the shot, but they also stretch and distort faces that are on the edge. The Pixel camera uses AI to correct this, so every face looks natural and you can use the full field of view of the selfie cam.
The quote you see above is just a tiny fraction of Google’s Pixel camera features explanations, mentioned passingly in the selfie section, but there’s quite a lot of painstaking research behind its algorithms.