10 Cool Things the Pixel 2 Can Do

Portrait Photography and More

Perhaps one of the coolest features that everyone can and will use is Portrait Photography or just the cameras in general. Google has some of the best cameras on any smartphone inside the Pixel, on both the front and the back. 

Basically, using one 12 Megapixel (DualPixel) camera Google is able to do what Samsung and Apple need two cameras to do, which is take portrait photos and blur the background around the subject. Typically those types of photos with "bokeh" effects are reserved for expensive DSLR cameras, but Google's phone can do it too.

Using machine learning and computational photography the Pixel 2 camera is "the best cameraphone in the world" and received the highest score from independent sources. Every single photo uses the dual pixels to focus extremely fast, capture more light and detail, and even take multiple photos at once. Google's machine learning combines this instantly, with no shutter lag, and produces some of the best photos you'll ever take. They have live photos, portrait photos, 4k video recording, and much more. 

Fire up Portrait mode and take amazing photos with the rear camera. Or flip it to selfie mode and then enable portrait selfie mode, to take pretty impressive photos with the front-facing camera too. The quality of portrait mode shots really is amazing, and you'll love them.