High-quality zoom remains the last major challenge for smartphone photography. Unlike traditional cameras, most phones simply do not have the space for lenses with variable focal lengths.

Samsung's older S22 Ultra is still a great zoom camera. But is it better than the Pixel 7 Pro? We put them to the test. When he's not testing the latest phones or phone cameras, Andrew can ...

On the Pixel 7 Pro, the ultrawide has the same sensor as last year but gets a macro mode, f2.2 aperture, autofocus and a wider 0.5x zoom. The 7 Pro's telephoto's zoom magnification extends to 5x ...

While Google is sticking to a familiar camera hardware setup, a new 5x optical zoom periscope camera is included in the Pixel 7 Pro, boasting 30x Super Res Zoom capabilities. That’s an upgrade ...

With the new Pixel 7 lineup, it's no different. During its Made by Google event, the company talked about the lineup's increased zoom capabilities, and it's sure looking enticing. Hardware-wise ...

It's about six miles by road, according to Google Maps. Using 30x telephoto zoom on the Pixel 7 Pro, you can see the top of 1WTC clear as day from an entirely different landmass. It’s unbelievable.

Here’s how it works. All of these devices feature some kind of optical zoom from their telephoto lenses. The Pixel 7 Pro can go up to 5x, the iPhone 14 Pro to 3x, and the Galaxy S22 Ultra to 3x ...

Google has officially announced the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro this morning, featuring some big camera upgrades like a 5x optical zoom, macro focus, newer sensors for the dual and triple camera ...

The Super Res Zoom gives us 2x zoom photos by cropping the Pixel 7 Pro’s main 50-megapixel camera to give us a 12.5-megapixel image. Even though it’s a cropped photo, the image will still look ...

The Google Pixel 5 is, and remains, a great phone. But at this point, it’s coming up on being two years old, and the pull of a brand-new smartphone may be getting too hard to resist. The newly ...

The Pixel 7 does not have an optical zoom feature, and instead uses Google’s software-driven Super Res Zoom feature that extends to 8x. The two phones are quite different on paper, but Google ...

I do like how the flowers look in the foreground of the Pixel 7 Pro’s effort, though. At 25x zoom, the Galaxy S23 Ultra pulls ahead. The color is off, but you get a brighter and crisper shot of ...