With a few notable exceptions, most smartphone cameras zoom either digitally or via a few optical zoom presets. That could soon change, however, as LG Innotek has announced its new Optical Telephoto ...

Samsung is reportedly working on a continuous zoom camera system for smartphones. This tech will apparently be supplied to Chinese brands first, with Samsung Electronics following later. This would ...

When did camera zooms get so complicated? These days, we don’t just have a single number like 3x to deal with, but many other zoom levels,. we also need to understand optical zoom, hybrid zoom, ...

Virtually all Android phones have preset zoom buttons in the camera app. For example, the Google Pixel 9 offers 0.5x, 1x, and 2x levels while the Pro models have an extra button for 5x zoom thanks to ...

When Samsung introduced the world to the Galaxy S24 series of phones in January 2024, it was marked by a significant change to a popular feature on its camera system. The 10x optical and hybrid 100x ...

Samsung's older S22 Ultra is still a great zoom camera. But is it better than the Pixel 7 Pro? We put them to the test. When he's not testing the latest phones or phone cameras, Andrew can normally be ...