Google has removed an important feature from its smartphones by updating the Camera app

Without fanfare, the American company Google has removed an important feature from its smartphones – now on

An ultra-wide-angle lens cannot take photos in astrophotography mode. She did this by updating the Camera application.

Recall that earlier smartphones Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a5G could take astrophotography with an ultra-wide-angle lens. This mode is designed for shooting the sky at night. You can activate this mode in the Night Sight tab in Google Camera. Thanks to the ultra-wide-angle camera, it was possible to capture even more of the sky in the frame.

Google Camera 8 update.1, in turn, limited the ability to switch to the ultra-wide-angle lens when taking photos in astrophotography mode. The network has already shared a way to bypass this limitation – uninstall Google Camera 8.1 update, reverting to version 7.6.