Pixel 6 tensor & picture enhancement usable?

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Hi there,
I liked the pixel 6 phone but did not consider it because it’s from Google, for privacy and sovereignty reasons. So, great to see Nitrokey building on top of pixel 6.

Question:
Can the pixel hardware capabilities be enjoyed without suffering from google hook-ups?
Can the tensor SoC and “magical” picture enhancement be used with NitroPhone? Without Google services and stuff?

regards

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the tensor soc is definitely used by grapheneos for the image processing I’m not 100% sure

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roughly transcribed from the GraphenOS matrix channel:

  • the current GrapheneOS camera app uses HDR+ (software-based) and the provided hardware interfaces
  • therefore in daylight scenarios the pictures should be on a comparable level to stock gcam
  • the CameraX api is currently not used (I suppose this also includes the tensor cores & picture enhancement “magic”) but is planned to be used in the near future™
  • this will mainly be visible in low-light scenarios, there currently the performance will be worse compared to stock-gcam
  • you can also use the stock-gcam, but it will need google services to be installed
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Thanks for the reply.
Now I found the info on the Graphene website: Usage guide | GrapheneOS
So, let’s hope that support of the tensor SoC will be enhanced.

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