So you always have the perfect photo

When the first mobiles began to integrate cameras, the results of them were very improved. To put it slowly. In Europe, we have used cameras on smartphones for more than two decadesBut it was not a few years ago when they started to replace conventional cameras.

Obviously, we are still talking about compact cameras or advanced cameras for certain uses. The niches of users who cannot use a mobile to photograph will always be thereBut it is not something that affects 99% of people who want to take photos.

Little by little, the quality of the sensors has improved, as well as the lenses and the processor of the image image processing systems, the ISP. But Material capacities are generally faced with 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 which were attached to their new smartphones, or to their prototypes, but it 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 as little as possible.

And this opens another drawback: The 2025 trend to make devices darior. This will make space for not very large cameras, which will also limit the quality of the images that can be taken because some sensors or objectives cannot be used.

AI to the rescue

To alleviate all these problems, companies have been Use of artificial intelligence to improve images without having to use equipment. The best example of this is Google, which has been years without changing the cameras of its mobiles and is always the most appreciated. It was not so much to have more quality in the objectives and sensors and to have equipment capable of pressing the quality of the cameras with a certain time and, moreover, to improve the images by software.

The fact is that Google's approach has been established as the right and currently more brands have reached 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 equipment, but also softwareas shown by the filters of the two companies.

Although the most common is to talk about artificial intelligence and photography when we modify an image or the generative by generative, the reality is that artificial intelligence is applicable in the photos that we consider normal. For example, there are algorithms specialized in detecting the presence of human faces or pets to treat this area in a different way, so that the end result is much more pleasant. This implies a controlled edition of the United Nations of the image, but the result obtained is generally better than the original, at least for most users.

It is important to emphasize here that, despite the fact that analysts and photographers want to vacuum 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 the settings. This implies that it is mobile which is responsible for the treatment, modification and improvement of all that is necessary for the resulting photography to be the best possible.

Yes, the pro options, the newspaper treated and these advanced functions are useful for certain 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 as the technology and 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 photography we take with smartphones and artificial intelligence is in the edition, not in taking images. This is something that we have already started to see in 2024, with the commitment of Samsung the first month of this year by Galaxy AI and the new features that presented the various manufacturers later.

In 2025, this bet was redoubled With improvements in the functions that we already had, such as the elimination of objects, and others which allow nothing less than generating images that do not exist. It is a risk, will say the most purists, because we will not have real photographs, but creations. AND Publishing is carried out while the image is takenSomething that blurs the limits.

And it is true, but reality is that what is always sought is an image that activates a memory, which brings us back at a moment. We don't want an exact copy of the moment we are. If they were not people, they would not consist, would not use filters and would not look for the best light to take a snapshot. Artificial intelligence will bring this to another level and be careful with itEspecially not to fall into disinformation when these images are used to deceive.

In the upper image, photography is the left. The one on the right is a reinterpretation made with Samsung AI so that the composition is better, the cat looking at the camera. The fact is that This 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 apple application, can be added to another posing so that the end result is an image in which the two appear, although this inn has never arrived.

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 strokes. It was designed for group photos where it is difficult for everyone to look at the photographer and smile, but the reality is that the final image, where everyone is fine, does not exist.

But trying to stop this innovation makes no sense, because it contributes more than what can potentially delete. The integration of AI into all sections of the mobile will be a reality, as Google demonstrates with Gemini, and Photography will in no case be an exception.