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TL;DR The new Pixel Camera 10.x update now requires Google Play Services, reportedly causing crashes on GrapheneOS and other de-Googled systems.
Users can fix this by rolling back to version 9.9.106.773153235.19 of the app.
Users on Reddit point out that if you’re running a sandboxed Google Play Store and Play Services on your Pixel with GrapheneOS, you’ll still be able to use the latest version of the Pixel Camera app.
Google’s latest Pixel Camera update (version 10.x) apparently doesn’t play nice with privacy-focused operating systems. According to a report from Kuketz Blog, the new Pixel Camera app now has a hard dependency on Google Play Services. That means if you’re using GrapheneOS or another de-Googled system, the app will probably crash or fail to launch entirely.
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The blog notes that users who still want to run the Pixel Camera app on GrapheneOS can roll back to an older version, specifically version 9.9.106.773153235.19 (Build ID 68469120), using the Aurora Store. However, to do this, users will need to completely uninstall their current Pixel Camera app, because a direct downgrade won’t work.
If you’re using GrapheneOS, here’s how you can install an older version of the Pixel Camera app: Uninstall the current Google Camera app.
Open the Aurora Store, tap the three-dot menu, and select “Version.”
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