The camera app on Samsung Galaxy smartphones offers many innovative features, but not everyone is satisfied. The good news is that the Samsung phones listed below are entitled to camera improvements.
The Samsung phones on this list are entitled to camera improvements
Some Samsung smartphones are equipped with a system that ensures improvements to the camera. This is thanks to something called Samsung Assistant. In practice, it allows you to adjust the behavior of some features of the standard camera application. For example, Galaxy phones with dedicated zoom cameras tend to use the main camera’s digital zoom in difficult lighting conditions, where telephoto lenses tend to have smaller apertures. However, with Camera Assistant, you can force the cell phone to always use the zoom lens, no matter how dark it is.
You can also customize aspects such as the number of photos taken when using the timer function, how long the camera app should remain open without any user intervention, and whether the camera app should automatically take HDR photos when it detects the desired lighting conditions and tone. With which images are smoothed after they are taken.
On some high-end Galaxy smartphones, Camera Assistant can add additional features such as a 2x zoom option for Portrait mode and a regular 2x zoom option that uses on-sensor cropping instead of digital zoom to capture images with 2x higher quality. Last but not least, there are features like distortion correction and the option to have the camera prioritize focusing on the scene over the capture speed (and vice versa).
Which Galaxy smartphones support Camera Assistant?
Compatibility has only started with some Galaxy smartphones, but Samsung has expanded the list of eligible devices over the past few months, adding new features.
You can find the full list of supported devices below. So the list will be updated whenever a new device gets support for Camera Assistant, so don’t forget to bookmark this page.
- Galaxy S20/S20+/S20 Ultra
- Galaxy S20 FE (LTE/5G)
- Galaxy S21/S21+/S21 Ultra
- Galaxy S21 FE
- Galaxy S22/S22+/S22 Ultra
- Galaxy S23/S23+/S23 Ultra
- Galaxy S23 FE
- Galaxy Note 20/Note 20 Ultra
- Galaxy Z Fold 2
- Galaxy Z Fold 3
- Galaxy Z Fold 4
- Galaxy Z Fold 5
- Galaxy Z Flip
- Galaxy Z Flip 3
- Galaxy Z Flip 4
- Galaxy Z Flip 5
- Galaxy A54
- Galaxy A53
Camera Assistant features vary by device
However, not all Camera Assistant features are available on all devices, even if they belong to the same band. For example, the Galaxy S22 Ultra and Galaxy S23 Ultra have two additional options that take advantage of their 200MP main cameras. So the best way to check what features are available on your device is to try the app.
How to download and access
You can download Camera Assistant from the Galaxy Store. Find it in the Galaxy Store or Click this link on your phone To access the store page directly. Once installed, you can access it by opening the Camera app on your phone, tapping on the Settings icon to open Camera Settings, scrolling down and selecting Camera Assistant.
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