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“The Blackmagic Digicam app for iPhone has been extremely standard because it was launched final yr,” says Grant Petty, the corporate’s CEO. “We’re excited to have the ability to give clients with Samsung Galaxy or Google Pixel telephones the identical controls for capturing digital movie as our skilled cameras.”
A Blackmagic Design spokesperson, Terry Frechette, confirmed to The Verge that there’s one unlucky limitation to the Blackmagic Digicam app on Android. The app “can be utilized on telephones operating Android 13 or later” however is proscribed to the Samsung Galaxy S23, S24, and Google Pixel 7/8 lineups. The corporate additionally had no info to share when requested if the app would finally be made out there on different Android units.
The native digital camera apps in iOS and Android concentrate on simplifying pictures with streamlined interfaces and a heavy reliance on automation, and whereas extra succesful digital camera apps that cater to skilled photographers and videographers typically include premium pricing, the Blackmagic Digicam app will stay fully free on Android.
The Android model of the app may also carry over the identical interface because the iPhone model, with an overlaid heads-up show that exhibits necessary capturing info corresponding to focus and publicity that additionally supplies fast entry to settings by merely tapping on objects within the HUD. The Blackmagic Digicam may seize footage on to the corporate’s cloud service, making it rapidly accessible for modifying and post-production work at one other facility.
