Google has fixed the Pixel 9a’s wonky camera viewfinder

Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority TL;DR A recent update to the Pixel 9a caused the front-facing camera to glitch out during preview. Users observed a “flickering” effect where the camera seemed to jump between exposure levels. Now a new Pixel Camera update appears to fully resolve the issue. Google’s Pixel 9a may be the company’s new smartphone hotness, but earlier this week we shared an odd problem with you that new owners of the phone were experiencing. When attempting to take photos with the 9a’s front-facing camera in lower-light environments, the in-app preview they’d see would flicker and jump back and forth between two brightness levels. And while it didn’t impact the pictures you actually took, and you could roll back your phone’s software to avoid it entirely, it was nonetheless a little annoying and a small blemish on the phone’s launch. But today we can share that Google has finally sorted this one out. There’s a new version 9.8.102.748116395.16 release of the Pixel Camer ... Read full article.