Food has long served as one of humanity’s deepest cultural bonds, but in 2025, it has also evolved into a dynamic digital art ...

Google’s HDR+ mode has been part of Google Camera for a few years, but the Google Pixel 2 refines that program by expanding processing power. HDR is a photo technique that blends multiple images ...

When Google launched its Pixel 2 flagship smartphone last year, it included something of a surprise: A co-processor called Pixel Visual Core, the company’s first homegrown, consumer-facing piece of ...

The Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL have a special processor inside developed by Google for their visual brains specifically. These devices hadn't had this processor activated before this week – now ...

The Pixel 3 lineup of Android flagships will focus on delivering a wide variety of upgrades meant to improve the overall imaging capabilities of the upcoming devices compared to their 2017 ...

Sadly, not all of the Pixel 2’s surprises have been the good sort since Google’s latest flagship launched. Visual Core is one of the more pleasant ones, though — a custom system-on-a-chip (SoC) that’s ...

It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL will be the first phones to feature a custom System on a Chip (SoC) solution from Google. While Apple has been creating its ...

Google might be a monolithic tech company, but in a smartphone market dominated by Apple and Samsung, being a Pixel fan almost feels a little indie. If you’re fully immersed in the Pixel world and ...

The camera on Google’s Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL is amazing. Part of what makes it so good is Google’s HDR+ mode. Thanks to the Pixel Visual Core, that handy trick can be extended to other apps, and now ...

Back in October, Google announced that it has included a custom chip — Pixel Visual Core — for accelerating the HDR+ feature on the Pixel 2 lineup. However, the component has remained largely dormant ...

Ever since it was revealed as Google’s hidden chip inside the Pixel 2, the Pixel Visual Core has been clad in a little bit of mystery. Google hasn’t helped matters in its communications, and until ...

One thing that Google left unannounced during its Pixel 2 launch event on October 4th is being revealed today: it’s called the Pixel Visual Core, and it is Google’s first custom system-on-a-chip (SOC) ...