Lately, OnePlus 8 Pro has been trending for its color filter camera, which is capable of seeing through thin plastics and clothes. However, it is not the only smartphone to have such capability. The two-year-old POCO F1 and Mi 8 can also click X-Ray-esque pictures with their front-facing IR cameras.
Xiaomi introduced IR camera on Mi 8 for face unlock in low-light conditions. The Poco F1 released later that year also came with the same hardware for similar functionality.
Some users found these handsets to see-through thin plastics a few months after its release by using third-party IR camera apps. Now, there’s even a dedicated app for these two phones called ‘IR camera – Poco F1/Mi8’ on the Google Play Store.
Using this app on Poco F1, users have been clicking and sharing X-Ray see-through pictures on Reddit lately ever since the OnePlus 8 Pro ‘Photochrom’ filter went viral.
Having said that, no major privacy issue was raised about these two cameras, unlike the OnePlus 8 Pro. That’s because the IR camera sits on the front of these Xiaomi devices and it requires an additional app.
Whereas on the OnePlus 8 Pro, the color filter camera is placed at the back alongside the other shooters. On top of that, the stock OnePlus Camera app has the X-Ray filter built-in.
OnePlus did issue a statement to disable the ‘Photochrom’ filter within a week, however, it is limited to China. Additionally, it has also confirmed to release an OTA update to offer this filter by ‘limiting other functionality that may be of concern’.
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