Microsoft Pix is a

camera phone A camera phone is a mobile phone which is able to capture photographs and often record video using one or more built-in digital cameras. It can also send the resulting image wirelessly and conveniently. The first commercial phone with color cam ...

application developed by

Microsoft Research Microsoft Research (MSR) is the research subsidiary of Microsoft. It was created in 1991 by Richard Rashid, Bill Gates and Nathan Myhrvold with the intent to advance state-of-the-art computing and solve difficult world problems through technologi ...

for iOS. Microsoft Research announced Pix in July, 2016, calling it an "intelligent camera app".Killian Bell, "Microsoft says its new camera app is even better than Apple’s", '' Cult of Mac''
July 27, 2016
/ref> It is built in part on technology originally developed for Photosynth. Its features include: * Adjusting settings automatically for faces. * Combining photos from before and after the shutter button is pressed. Normally it captures ten frames, selects the three best, and combines those to reduce noise. * Creation of comix. * Document capture, including business cards.Mallory Locklear, "Microsoft Pix can add business card info to your contacts", '' Engadget'
March 9, 2018
/ref> * Focusing on objects of interest. * Short, looping videos. * Stylizing. * Video stabilization and time-lapse.

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