Android 11 can prevent photo filters from changing your face, end of misleading selfies?

While the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro can already benefit from Android 11 beta 2, Mishaal Rahman, editor-in-chief of XDA-Developers, said:The next version of Android is about to get a big photo update. According to Rahman, Behavior API v.7.5.4 is coming soon no longer changes the appearance of human faces, before and during capturing a face in a photograph. ” Google reportedly bans OEMs from applying face-changing algorithms when processing photos “, he recently expressed on Twitter.” This means that by default not all images will have modified faces.

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Google wants to limit FaceSwap and other DeepFakes

This new rule should appear soon in that section, under Camera API in Android compatibility rules. C-0-12. This is a screenshot of the future rule, Posted on Twitter Mishaal Rahman, every Android device ” MUST ensure that the appearance of the face is NOT altered, including but not limited to changing facial geometry, facial skin tone, or softening facial skin..

Therefore, this change Deal with Google certified smartphones includes a “beauty mode” that is enabled by default. A way to counter FaceSwap and other DeepFakes? This rule is possible even if it seems irrelevant for some manufacturers like Huawei that only use open source versions of Android. Especially since nothing can block the end user change a face after the procedurefor example via a third party app like Snapchat or any other photo manipulation tool on smartphones or PCs.

We would like to remind you that the future version of Google’s mobile operating system will indeed be released on September 8, 2020 (Google confirmed this in an accidentally posted video). If you want to discover all the new features of this beta and know how to install it, go to our article provided for this purpose.