The essential phone receives another camera update with multiple improvements

One of last year's most anticipated smartphones was the Essential Phone created by the company of the same name under the helm of the popular Andy Rubin. However, it was also one of the most criticized smartphones because, apparently, the quality of some of its features was not due to its price. Fortunately, different software updates have been improving this device, including the latest camera update.

Essential Phone: shortcuts, performance improvements and more

As we said, the Essential Phone was highly criticized after its official launch (after several delays), especially for the quality of its camera. Luckily, the device has improved a lot since its debut and is now much more attractive due to the combination of lower price and software improvements. Despite this, his Achilles heel continues to be the camera, especially the camera app itself. Over the past few months, the company has released several software updates to improve it, and now, it's time for a new update.

It has been the company itself that announced this new update through the social network Twitter, which has been deployed for all Essential Phone users for a couple of days. It is a minor update, however, it incorporates some highly anticipated improvements that will be very well received by the owners of this smartphone.

On the one hand, the update represents a general improvement in the stability of the camera application that, since its launch, from time to time was frozen. The update also improves the performance of the camera roll, another part of the app that has always run quite slowly and has crashed.

Finally, the update also includes support for shortcuts in the camera application. Just long press on the camera icon to access different modes such as selfie or portrait mode. This is a novelty that will come in especially handy for those who often open the app from the home screen.