Leica-branded phone cameras have mainly been Huawei’s thing, but as MIUI’s Gallery Editor app hints, Xiaomi may have already teamed up with Leica for the development of the camera systems, allegedly for the upcoming Xiaomi 12 Ultra.
As spotted by XDA Senior Member kacskrz, on the 0.7.5 update of the Gallery Editor app, there are strings highlighting new filters you’ll be able to use while editing photos and videos on the upcoming phone. These filters have ‘Leica’ in their names.
There are four filters all in all that mention the German camera maker, namely Leica Monochrom, Leica Monochrom HC (High Contrast), Leica Natural, and Leica Vivid. While they haven’t gone live on the Gallery Editor app just yet, it’s highly likely that they’ll be present on the Xiaomi 12 Ultra.
According to Xiaomiui, these code snippets were added to the app not long after a Xiaomi device codenamed “unicorn” made an appearance, meaning the two things are very likely to be related.
News of a Leica x Xiaomi partnership first emerged in November 2021 from Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station. While it was expected back then that one of the Xiaomi 12 models that were launched in December 2021 will have Leica-developed cameras, it hasn’t been the case. The Xiaomi 12 Ultra will likely thus be the first from the lineup to have a Leica camera.
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