Under Levoy’s leadership, Google has developed impressive computational photography technologies used in Google Pixel smartphones, including features such as Night Sight, Portrait Mode, and HDR +. Thanks to his developments, the Pixel family of smartphones allows you to take great pictures without requiring the powerful hardware that rival smartphones rely on. As you know, Pixel devices, even with only one camera, could well compete with Apple’s iPhones, until the desire to achieve more significant zoom forced Google to add a second telephoto lens to the Pixel 4 released last year. (The first iPhone with a dual-camera – iPhone 7 Plus – released in 2016).

An email sent out by Adobe says Levoy will be working on computer photography initiatives and, notably, his efforts will ” focus on the concept of a universal camera app .”

Adobe already has a camera app in Photoshop Camera, and another one built into Adobe Lightroom, but the company may have a broader vision of the future of camera software.

Adobe also said in an email that Levoy will be working with the Photoshop Camera, Adobe Research, and Sensei AI teams. Therefore, it can be assumed that the Photoshop Camera application will become the central point of application of the eminent specialist’s forces. Levoy has already started work. He will report directly to Adobe CTO Abhay Parasnis on the results of his work.