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Here's how to use the new Instagram photo feature that brings the best part of the iPhone X to any smartphone
Here's how to use the new Instagram photo feature that brings the best part of the iPhone X to any smartphone
Apr 15, 2018, 18:40 IST
To find the feature, click the camera in the top left corner of the app as soon as you open it.
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Here's what the Focus feature does.
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Instagram's attempt to emulate the "bokeh" effect — the blurred background achieved by focusing on a subject in the foreground — is not as good as it would be on specialized camera phone that has portrait mode.
So far, people are pretty jazzed about it.
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For comparison, Business Insider reporter Avery Hartmans reviewed the portrait mode in the Google Pixel 2 last year.
And here is an example of a portrait shot in the iPhone X's portrait mode of Business Insider reporter Melia Robinson.