A Pixel 5a camera sample just got shared by Google itself

As Google Pixel 5a leaks go, it’s not the most revealing, but it’s still worthy of note: a new post on the Google AI blog, discussing the HDR+ with exposure bracketing technique deployed by the Pixel phones, initially included at least one photo from the Pixel 5a before it got pulled.

You can still read the blog post, without the image taken by the Pixel 5a, but 9to5Google managed to grab the picture before it disappeared. It was the photo’s EXIF metadata – the hidden data detailing where and when a photo was taken, as well as the camera used – that gave away its origins.

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