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You can install Google Camera 8.0 on older Pixel phones, but it’s not easy
Kyle Bradshaw - Oct. 14th 2020 2:45 pm @SkylledDev
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The Google Pixel 5 has reached reviewers and will soon be landing in the han
ds of customers around the world, bringing with it a new update to the Googl
e Camera app. Luckily, it’s possible to install Google Camera 8.0 on older
Pixel phones, but it’s not as easy as one would hope.
Earlier today, reviewers gave us their impressions of the Pixel 5 and Pixel
4a 5G, Google’s latest flagship and upper-mid-range Android phones. Now tha
t reviewers can speak and share freely about the new Pixels, the newest upda
te to the Google Camera app, version 8.0, is available in the wild.
While the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G both have new camera features like cinemat
ic pan and the inclusion of Night Sight in portrait mode, simply installing
Google Camera 8.0 on older Pixels really only brings a slight reorganization
and some UI tweaks. The only new “features” we noticed were the ability t
o use Social Share to quickly share your latest recorded video to YouTube, a
nd a way to turn Astrophotography completely off within Night Sight.
In fact, we noticed that Playground (AR Stickers) was no longer available on
the Pixel 3 XL. For now, we believe this removal to be accidental, attribut
able to using a Pixel 5 specific build of Google Camera 8.0, as Google promi
sed that Playground features would continue to work on older devices.
Between the lack of new features and the removal of some features, we don’t
currently advise installing this update to Google Camera until it arrives n
aturally to your phone via the Google Play Store.
That said, there will always be those who want to get their hands on things
early. Normally, when an update like this becomes available, you can simply
download the APK file from a trusted website or publication and immediately
install it on your phone. However, with Google Camera 8.0, Google seems to h
ave made a few changes to the way the app is designed that make it a bit mor
e challenging than usual to install.
The first, and simplest, change is that Google Camera 8.0 is now uses “spli
ts,” a still fairly recent change to Android app distribution that lets dev
elopers separate things like language, screen density, and processor — all
of which can vary wildly between different people’s devices — from the “b
ase” code of the app.
Essentially, instead of installing one APK to update an app, you need to sim
ultaneously install multiple. There’s a handful of ways to install split AP
Ks like this, which we’ll look at in a bit.
However, there appears to be a more critical issue preventing the installati
on of Google Camera 8.0 on older Pixel phones, for which we haven’t yet fou
nd a full explanation. Most people who attempt to install the Google Camera
8.0 update — and also the Google Recorder 2.0 update — are greeted with th
e error “INSTALL_FAILED_VERIFICATION_FAILURE.”
Not everyone who tries to install the update will receive the error, but we’
re not yet sure what’s different about these folks’ phones that allows the
m to install. Folks like John Wu, creator of Magisk, and the team behind APK
Mirror are working to find the underlying cause of the issue and a long-term
solution.
In the meantime, however, there is still a way to get Google Camera 8.0 on y
our older Pixel phones with Android 11 — sorry, 2016 Pixel fans. As discove
red by Google Camera modder and friend of the site cstark27, both Google Cam
era 8.0 and Google Recorder are able to be installed by first factory resett
ing your phone. We tested this method ourselves and found Google Camera to i
nstall exactly as expected after completing the initial setup.
Note: Factory resetting your phone will erase all of your local data, includ
ing any photos, messages, and app data not backed up to the cloud. We recomm
end using the Google One app to backup your phone to Google Drive before pro
ceeding.
For a quick reminder of how to factory reset your Pixel phone, open the Sett
ings app, tap System, then tap Reset options. From this page, tap “Erase al
l data (factory reset)” and follow the prompts to finish the reset. Once re
set, set your phone back up and follow the instructions below to install Goo
gle Camera 8.0.
How to install Google Camera 8.0 on older Pixels (after resetting)
There are actually three distinct ways to install Google Camera 8.0 on your
Pixel phone, each one a bit different, but all three essentially do the same
thing. Which one you choose is merely a matter of preference.
You can, of course, attempt any of these three methods before resetting your
phone. Some have had luck getting Google Camera 8.0 to install without fact
ory resetting, but if you run into an error along the lines of “INSTALL_FAI
LED_VERIFICATION_FAILURE,” you’ll need to factory reset and try again to g
et the update installed.
Again though, with the limited number of changes and added features, we do n
ot currently recommend that you to install this update until it arrives natu
rally through the Google Play Store.
Method 1: APKMirror Installer
As usual, one of the easier ways to get an app from outside of the Google Pl
ay Store is through APKMirror. The folks there have created a dedicated APKM
irror Installer app used to make installing split APKs easy.
Once you have the APKMirror Installer app on your phone, download the specia
lly combined “.apkm” file of Google Camera 8.0 from APKMirror. By default,
trying to open that file should launch directly into APKMirror Installer, w
here you’ll need to confirm the installation a few times.
Method 2: SAI (Split APKs Installer)
The second method also uses an app, one called Split APKs Installer, or SAI
for short. SAI can install and even create its own special “.apks” file th
at wraps up all of the split APK files into one easy to download and install
package.
Next you’ll need to download the .apks file for Google Camera 8.0 — upload
ed by the folks at XDA-Developers — from MEGA. Once downloaded, open SAI, t
ap “Install APKs,” and find the “Camera_8.0.018.335051840.apks” file you
just downloaded. You’ll then be prompted by Android to install the update.
Method 3: ADB (advanced)
If you’re not too trusting of these third-party apps, or if you’d rather t
ry to do it yourself and maybe learn a bit more about Android along the way,
you can also manually install the split APKs for Google Camera 8.0. To do t
his, you’ll need your phone, a computer with ADB installed and updated, and
a USB cable to connect the two. If you’re choosing this method, we’ll ass
ume you already have these things or know how to set them up.
First, download the same “Camera_8.0.018.335051840.apks” file, seen in Met
hod 2 above, to your computer. Next, change the end of the file name from “
.apks” to “.zip” as SAI simply creates renamed zip files. Now you can, an
d should, easily unzip the contents into a folder of your choice. You should
now have a folder with the following files:
base.apk
icon.png
meta.sai_v1.json
meta.sai_v2.json
split_config.arm64_v8a.apk
split_config.de.apk
split_config.en.apk
split_config.es.apk
split_config.fr.apk
split_config.ja.apk
split_config.ru.apk
split_config.xxhdpi.apk
In among these files, we have some extra files used by SAI that we can ignor
e, along with a variety of extra APKs for other languages you might not need
. For the purposes of this guide, we’ll assume you only need the English la
nguage pack, but feel free to add more to suit your needs.
Next, connect your phone to your computer with a USB cable, and ensure that
USB Debugging is enabled on your Pixel phone. Finally, from your terminal/co
mmand prompt of choice, run the following command to install the various APK
s of Google Camera 8.0:
adb install-multiple base.apk split_config.en.apk split_config.xxhdpi.apk sp
lit_config.arm64_v8a.apk
No matter which method you used, you should now have Google Camera 8.0 insta
lled on your Pixel phone. That said, for most people, the improvements to Go
ogle Camera’s UI and settings are probably not worth the extra effort of ne
eding to factory reset your phone.
We’ve tested this method on a Pixel 3 XL and cstark27 got the app running o
n his Pixel 4 XL without issue. If you decide to go through the extra effort
to install Google Camera 8.0, let us know in the comments which Pixel phone
you’re using and if it worked with or without factory resetting.
More on Google Pixel:
Pixel 4a 5G Review Roundup: A perfectly adequate middle child
Pixel 5 Review Roundup: A well-rounded device with tough competition
Pixel 5’s new Google Recorder app starts rolling out early w/ new editing f
eatures
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心得
新pixel 5的google camera 版本是8.0
需要上android 11以上
需要pixel旧的几种 pixel 4或3都可以
但是方法很复杂 需要factory reset 恢复出厂设置
全部资料清空
如果手边有多的pixel手机 且已经上到android 11
可以考虑资料清空直上pixel 5的Gcam版本8.0
我个人感觉可以直接买pixel 4 xl
然后直接安装8.0版本的Gcam
毕竟过气旗舰终究是旗舰
中高阶手机 讲难听点 还是不够 要上不上 要下不下
硬件去M全面降阶的情况下
买已经跳水的pixel 4 xl 不乏是另一种选择？