Google Unveils Video Boost and Night Sight Video Upgrades for Pixel 8 Pro, Promising Enhanced Low-Light Performance
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Google introduced Video Boost and Night Sight Video for Pixel 8 Pro to improve low-light video quality, with goals like better alignment, merging, stabilization, and color correction.
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Video Boost leverages cloud computing power to process frames in less constrained ways than possible on device.
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A challenge was maintaining temporal consistency so videos don't have jarring color shifts or brightness flickering.
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In daylight, Video Boost enables HDR+ processing for more color, contrast, details, and stabilization.
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The team is working on feature upgrades for the future Pixel 9 phone, continuing efforts to improve on-device video annually.