Thus you always have the perfect photo

When the first mobiles began to integrate cameras the results of them were very improvable. To put it gently. In Spain we have been using cameras on smartphones more than two decadesbut it has not been until a few years ago when they have begun to replace conventional cameras.

Obviously, we always talk about compact cameras, or advanced cameras for certain uses. The niches of users who cannot use a mobile to photograph will always be therebut they are not something that affects 99% of people who want to take pictures.

Little by little, the quality of the sensors has been improving, as well as the lenses and the processor of the image processing systems of the chipsets, the ISP. But Hardware capabilities usually face physical limits when we talk about mobile devices, because the space that can be dedicated is limited.

It is true that there are very crazy proposals, such as those of Realme or Xiaomi in the MWC with lenses that were attached to their new smartphones, or their prototypes, but that is not a solution that will be massive. Most users, the vast majority in fact, What he wants is a good camera on a mobile that is as little as possible.

And this opens another inconvenience: The 2025 trend to make devices more thin. This will make the space for the cameras not very large, and this will also limit the quality of the images that can be taken since some sensors or lenses cannot be used.

AI to the rescue

To alleviate all these problems, companies have been using artificial intelligence to improve the images without having to resort to hardware. The best example of this is Google, which has been years without changing the cameras of its mobiles and still being the most valued. It was not so much to have more quality in the lenses and sensors and having a hardware capable of squeezing the quality of the cameras with some time and, in addition, improving the images by software.

The point is that Google’s approach has been established as the correct and currently more brands have risen to this trend, either by their own foot, such as Samsung, or in collaboration with other companies, such as Xiaomi with Leica or Live with Zeiss. These collaborations take place in the field of hardware, but also of the softwareas the filters of both companies demonstrate.

Although the most common is talking about artificial intelligence and photography when we edit an image or generate it through generative, the reality is that artificial intelligence is applicable in photos that we would consider normal. For example, there are algorithms specialized in detecting the presence of human faces or pets to process that area in a different way, so that the final result is much more pleasant. This involves an un controlled edition of the image, but the result obtained is usually better than the original, at least for most users.

It is important to highlight here that, despite the fact that analysts and photographers want to aspire to a type of photography, the reality is that The base of buyers of any manufacturer what you want is an image that is the best possible without having to modify parameters. That implies that it is the mobile that is responsible for processing, changing and improving everything necessary for the resulting photography to be the best possible.

Yes, the PRO options, the log processed and those advanced functions are useful for some users, but the vast majority of people or activate them for the first time. Obviously This does not mean that companies should not work in such functionsbecause it is also as general the technology and the software necessary to advance in the main aspect, to take photos as well as possible in automatic mode.

Photos that did not exist

The next step in the relationship between the photograph we take with the smartphones and artificial intelligence is in the edition, not in taking images. This is something that we have already begun to see in 2024, with the commitment of Samsung the first month of that year by Galaxy AI and the novelties that have been presenting the different manufacturers later.

In this 2025 this bet has been redoubled with improvements of functions that we already had, such as the elimination of objects, and others that allow nothing less than generating images that do not exist. This is a risk, the most purists will say, because we will not have real photographs, but creations. AND The edition is done while the image is takensomething that blurs the limits.

And it is true, but the reality is that what is always sought is an image that activates us a memory, that makes us return to a moment. We do not want an exact copy of the moment we are. If they were not the people, they would not make up, not use filters and would not look for the best light to take a snapshot. Artificial intelligence will take this to another level and be careful with itespecially not to fall into misinformation when those images are used to deceive.

In the upper image, the photograph is the one on the left. The one on the right is a reinterpretation made with Samsung’s AI so that the composition will be better, with the cat looking at the camera. The point is that That second cat literally does not exist.

This is something we see in functions such as Add Googlewhich allows a person to be taken and who, without leaving the camera application, can be added to another posing so that the final result is an image in which both appear, although that inn has never happened.

The same goes for options that also include Google and Samsung, which They allow you to choose the perfect face in an image making several shots. It was designed for group photos where it is difficult for everyone to look at the photographer and smiling, but the reality is that the final image, where everyone goes well, does not exist.

But trying to stop this innovation makes no sense, since it contributes more than can potentially remove. The integration of AI in all sections of the mobile will be a reality, as Google demonstrates with Gemini, and Photography will not be, under any circumstances, an exception.