OnePlus 13 gets AI Perfect Shot to fix blinks and bad expressions

OnePlus 13 users are receiving a software update that introduces AI Perfect Shot, the company’s version of Google’s Best Take feature for automatically fixing facial expressions in photos. The feature can recognize faces and replace unwanted expressions like blinks or turned heads with better alternatives from the same photo session, ensuring users always capture the perfect shot.

What you should know: AI Perfect Shot works similarly to Google’s Best Take by analyzing facial expressions and swapping in better alternatives from the same photo sequence.
• The feature can fix common photo problems like poorly-timed blinks or people looking away from the camera at the moment the picture is taken.
• OnePlus previously announced this AI tool earlier in the year alongside AI Reframe, with AI Perfect Shot scheduled to roll out during summer 2024.

Additional features in the update: The software update includes several other camera and photo management improvements beyond AI Perfect Shot.
• Users can now apply a soft light filter in both Portrait and Photo modes for enhanced lighting effects.
• Video functionality has been expanded to allow exporting videos as live photos and exporting both videos and live photos in high resolution.
• The update preserves 120FPS video quality even after editing, maintaining the high frame rate throughout the post-processing workflow.
• A new privacy feature lets users hide specific albums from their main photo list.

Why this matters: The rollout demonstrates OnePlus’s commitment to integrating AI-powered photography features that compete directly with Google’s Pixel lineup, particularly as computational photography becomes increasingly important for smartphone differentiation.