Android 16 adds support for true HDR screenshots, enabling you to take proper screenshots of HDR content. Here's why that matters.
  • The_DecryptorEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    It’s unclear why Google stuck with PNG for HDR screenshots instead of a format supported by Ultra HDR such as JPEG.

    Because for good lossless HDR you’ve got a grand total of 2 options, PNG and JPEG XL. And Google don’t want people to know of yet another use case for JXL.

    • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      Google don’t want people to know of yet another use case for JXL.

      Why’s that?

    • baatliwala@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      This is mainly for HDR video lol. And other content like HDR Android games if they exist…? Why tf would you take one of your own photos 😭

      Also I assume this would be useful if you want to take a screenshot of an HDR photo on apps like Instagram where you can’t send the actual photo itself or don’t want to link someone to Zuck’s all-knowing algorithms.