In the constant battle to provide consumers the best smartphone camera, one area that Apple has yet to innovate is optical zoom, which could use a so-called "periscope lens." We explain what the ...

Virtually all Android phones have preset zoom buttons in the camera app. For example, the Google Pixel 9 offers 0.5x, 1x, and 2x levels while the Pro models have an extra button for 5x zoom thanks to ...

Using Zoom to conduct remote web meetings is now a part of everyday life, and for many people is one of the trade-offs that comes with getting to work from home. Zoom meetings can be a hassle, but ...

Samsung used this illustration to show how its Galaxy S24 Ultra can use the central pixels on its 5x telephoto camera to offer a 10x zoom. Samsung’s Galaxy S24 phones and other recent smartphones have ...

The periscope-style cameras provide a lot of room for clear photos taken with its optical zoom, and one of Oppo's AI features even improves digital zoom. Sareena was a senior editor for CNET covering ...

Most mobile phones set the 23 - 27mm focal length to 1x (1.0x). Thus, the super wide-angle is 0.4x, 0.5x, 0.6x, and the medium telephoto is 2.0x, 3.0x, 5.0x... But this brings about two basic ...