The popular "Halide" camera app benefits from the intelligent RAW feature for iPhone XS, the updated Apple Watch app and more

The popular Halide Camera photo taking application has been updated today to version 1.10, introducing a number of new features, including Smart RAW for iPhone XS and iPhone XR, as well as for iPhone. a refined editing application for Apple Watch Series 4 models.

The Smart RAW feature uses a new automatic logic designed to shoot the best RAW snapshots of the iPhone XS and XR, allowing photographers to shoot even more detail from their iPhone camera.

According to developer Sebastiaan de With, the automatic halogen exposure on iPhone X already optimizes the lowest possible ISO sensitivity and the largest number of details, making Smart RAW useless for the iPhone 8 and X. However, iPhone XS and XR benefit from Smart RAW because of the new sensors in the phones.

The Smart RAW feature is enabled by default and promises to provide a noticeable reduction in noise and better highlighting the recovery of RAW photos taken with automatic exposure. Interested users are encouraged to search on Instagram using the #SmartRAW hashtag for early examples of enhanced shooting mode.

This update also adds an option to compare JPEG images with RAW equivalents, while the Halide surveillance component has been optimized to take advantage of the larger screen of the Apple Watch Series 4. Finally, the developer has made cleaning and managed to reduce the size of the application to half that of the previous version.

Earlier in the week, Sebastiaan de With released a thorough review of the front and back cameras of the iPhone XS and XS Max, outlining complaints about a possible "skin smoothing" that would result in less realistic selfies. than the previous iPhone models.

Halide costs $ 5.99 and is available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. [Direct Link]