Working with RAW photos on Android could soon be a whole lot less of a nuisance (APK teardown)

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Google is preparing to change how RAW images are handled. A string of code in version 9.8 of the Pixel Camera says “RAW photos will not be backed up by default.” DNG images could be saved in a separate RAW Images folder. If you take photography seriously, you probably shoot with RAW enabled. RAW is great because it captures all the image data from your camera without compressing it. As you can imagine, this image format takes up a lot of space, which means it can quickly eat up your local storage and the storage you have on Google Photos. However, we may soon be in store for a change that could solve this problem. Authority Insights story on Android Authority. Discover You're reading anstory on Android Authority. Discover Authority Insights for more exclusive reports, app teardowns, leaks, and in-depth tech coverage you won't find anywhere else. An APK teardown helps predict features that may arrive on a service in the future based on work-i ... Read full article.