{"id":69078,"date":"2014-07-09T21:15:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T19:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=69078"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:36:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:36:25","slug":"google-camera-updates-panorama-android-wear-remote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-camera-updates-panorama-android-wear-remote\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Camera updates with Android Wear remote, improved panorama interface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s <a title=\"Google Camera app update features simpler design, available as separate app\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/google-camera-update-release\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Camera app<\/a> is getting a minor update today, bringing <strong>subtle interface changes<\/strong> for panoramas and a <strong>remote shutter button<\/strong> for <a title=\"Android Wear hands on\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/hands-on-with-android-wear\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android Wear<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-69079\" title=\"Google Camera panorama\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/Google-Camera-panorama-258x459.jpg\" alt=\"Google Camera panorama\" width=\"258\" height=\"459\" \/>Version 2.3 of Google Camera tweaks the panorama interface with bigger dots to make tracking easier. A big blue dot turns white when a picture is taken. It&#8217;s a subtle change but makes it clear where the app wants you to point the camera.<\/p>\n<p>More exciting is the addition of a remote shutter button for Android Wear smartwatches. It&#8217;s a simple app that triggers a <strong>three-second countdown<\/strong> timer. To get this feature, all you have to do is open the camera app and a card will automatically show up on your Wear device.<\/p>\n<p>The update is rolling out slowly and it may be a few days before you see the update. If you can&#8217;t wait, <em>Android Police<\/em> has a list of mirrors where you can download the app. Find it at the source link below.<\/p>\n<p>You will have to allow <a title=\"How to: install Android APKs with Google Drive\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/how-to-install-android-apk-files-in-windows-xp\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sideloading<\/a> apps, defeating one of Android&#8217;s security measures so make sure you know what you&#8217;re doing.<\/p>\n<p><em>Via: <a title=\"Android Police\" href=\"http:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/2014\/07\/09\/google-camera-updated-with-remote-shutter-for-android-wear-refreshed-panorama-interface-apk-download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android Police<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div>Follow Lewis on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lewisleong\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lewisleong<\/a><\/div>\n<h4>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/avast-used-android-phone-data-recovery\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">avast! easily recovers user data from wiped Android phones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/hands-on-with-android-wear\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hands on with Android Wear <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/microsoft-wants-you-to-test-office-for-android-tablets\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft wants you to test Office for Android tablets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s Camera app is getting a minor update today, bringing subtle interface changes for panoramas and a remote shutter button for Android Wear. Version 2.3 of Google Camera tweaks the panorama interface with bigger dots to make tracking easier. A big blue dot turns white when a picture is taken. It&#8217;s a subtle change but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-camera-updates-panorama-android-wear-remote\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Google Camera updates with Android Wear remote, improved panorama interface&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":69079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[],"tags":[2609],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-69078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongoogle-camera"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330525,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69078\/revisions\/330525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69078"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=69078"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=69078"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=69078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}