The iPhone 14 delivers a 49 percent improvement in low-light performance and it's all thanks to a tweak Apple made to its Deep Fusion image pipeline. During its Far Out event on Wednesday, Apple detailed all the camera enhancements coming to the 2022 iPhone lineup, with the company's new"Photonic Engine" leading the list of improvements.
On the iPhone 14 Pro, Apple claims the Photonic Engine delivers improved low-light performance across all of the device's cameras. The front-facing, telephoto and main cameras are up to two times better at capturing nighttime scenes, while the ultra-wide is up to three times better in less than ideal lighting conditions.
For the first time, Apple has gone with a 48-megapixel main sensor on one of its Pro models. Going against industry trends, the company had stuck with 12MP sensors while many of its Android peers began shipping phones with 48MP and 108MP main cameras. That allowed them to leverage techniques like pixel binning to allow their phones to capture more detailed photos in optimal lighting conditions. You can disable notifications at any time in your settings menu.