Popular AI camera feature on Pixel 3 will definitely not be coming to the Pixel 2
Google has been able to give Pixel 2 and OG Pixel users features like Night Sight and Playground. However, one camera based feature found on the Pixel 3 that won’t be a hand me down for the older Pixel models is Top Shot. With this feature, the camera on the Pixel 3 captures some frames before and after the shutter is snapped. AI is used to select recommended frames that look better than the originally snapped image. For example, a frown among smiles, an eye blink, someone walking into the picture or any unexpected mishap can be replaced with a better frame using Top Shot.
For Top Shot to work, the Motion feature in the camera app must be enabled. To turn it on, open the camera app and touch the circular icon in the middle-top of the display. You should then see the option to turn Motion on, which will automatically activate Top Shot for your next picture. When you load the picture in the gallery, swipe up and you’ll see a series of frames in a timeline with the number of recommended shots that the AI feature has found. Tap on that link and you can drag your finger along the timeline to see the original photo and the recommended shots. When you decide which image you want to keep, tap on Save copy found at the top right-hand side of the display. The original photo is always saved as well. We should point out that Top Shot will work on both the back camera and the front-facing dual cameras.
Photos taken by a Pixel 3 and shared with a Pixel 2 user will show Top Shot results
So how was a second-generation Pixel able to receive Top Shot recommendations? Apparently, a Pixel 3 photo taken with the Motion feature enabled and shared with a Pixel 2 user, will allow the latter to see the Top Shot recommendations made by the Pixel 3 camera.