The OnePlus 8 Pro’s color filter camera can see through certain plastics

The OnePlus 8 Pro is OnePlus’ best phone ever, thanks to its excellent processing power, good camera, and modern design. But it turns out the phone has another superpower — the ability to “see through” plastic.

Eagle-eyed OnePlus 8 Pro users discovered the phone’s ability to see through plastic by using the monochrome color-filter camera sensor. We tested the camera on plastic ourselves, and found that it worked mainly on certain types of plastic, like that found at the end of a remote, or that used on the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. The types of plastic it can see through seem to be plastic that doesn’t have infrared shielding. The camera can also see infrared LED lights and some other things that can’t be seen by the naked eye, however, that was already known.

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