Hi, I'm super tempted to take that jump into my 1st privacy OS. I'm hoping to install it into my Pixel 6 Pro which is my current daily driver.

I have a lingering question on how Camera and Picture quality works when comparing my default Pixel OS versus installing Graphene OS with Google Play/GCam installed.

My understanding is that Pixel 6 Stock OS uses a lot of live AI computing to generate a "good quality" photo/video file. Is this process done in the firmware, OS, or software level? And if Graphene OS is used instead, will these "AI computing features" continue to make Graphene OS photos/video look just as good (Assuming Google's Gcam + sandboxed google play is used) .

Thank you. The only relevant thread I found regarding this was: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/30-camera-app-vs-google-camera-app

    mtruostuff Hi there, I hope you don't mind but I have edited your post to replace the term ROM for OS. The use of ROM in this regard for GrapheneOS is a misnomer. GrapheneOS is a fully production ready OS and not to be confused with cherry picking hobbyist style projects from which the incorrect term ROM is derived (CustomROM).

    As far as your actual question goes, GrapheneOS ships with our own Secure Camera making use of the CameraX API. This means that it can make use of all the features available when vendor extensions are available. Google hasn't released them for the Pixels yet however on a shot for shot basis using the standard mode our Secure Camera goes toe to toe for picture quality trading blows with GCam with access to all lenses.

    However if you wish as you alluded to, you can indeed use GCam on GrapheneOS which then functions exactly the same as it would on a stock Pixel. If you don't wish to install the full sandboxed play services suite of apps you can simply install GSF (Google Services Framework) and GCam will function fine with all the processing and lens availability as you are used to.

      MetropleX
      Thanks again for being so helpful. I'd like to add some info I found reading through out website in case another person had a similar question to me:

      "Google Camera can be used with the sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer and can take full advantage of the available cameras and image processing hardware as it can on the stock OS. It currently only depends on GSF and can be used without Play services (GMS) or the Play Store."

      Source: https://grapheneos.org/usage#google-camera
      look under "Camera" Section.
      Cut and paste 09/26/2022