The Google Photos app on iOS now lets you make bokeh adjustments for Portrait mode photos. After the update, you’ll be able to play with background blur levels and also adjust the focus on portrait shots. The feature was previously available only for Android phones like Pixel 2, Pixel 3 and a few Moto smartphones.
While the iPhone XS and XS Max come with a built-in depth control feature. Older generation iPhones did not have any such option. Now, after the update, adjusting the background blur for portrait shots is a reality even in older generation iPhones. To shift the focus, simply tap on the area that you need to focus and then you can use the slider to increase and decrease the blur. While there are multiple photo editing apps available on the App Store that utilises the depth data from iPhones to increase or decrease the bokeh effect, Google does its own image processing with Google Photos.
