Earlier this yr, Samsung launched the potential to seize Tremendous HDR images utilizing the Galaxy S24 sequence. Whereas this new format works on all high-end telephones and tablets that come pre-installed with Android 14, it wasn’t appropriate with Apple’s gadgets. That’s altering now, as Apple has launched compatibility with the ISO 21496-1 commonplace.
Apple’s iPad, iPhones, and Macs operating latest software program can show Tremendous HDR photos correctly
Samsung’s Tremendous HDR format relies on Google’s Extremely HDR format, which was launched with Android 14. When a Tremendous HDR picture is captured, its dynamic vary info is encoded as an additional piece of knowledge in the usual JPEG picture file format. Units operating Android 14 and having an app that understands Extremely HDR can encode that information correctly to show it correctly in HDR.
In accordance with Android Authority’s report, with Android 15, Google is encoding gainmap information utilizing each Extremely HDR v1 and the ISO 21496-1 commonplace. If you do not know already, ISO 21496-1 is a normal that ensures that HDR gainmap information is encoded and decoded accurately on any platform (which is appropriate with the ISO 21496-1 commonplace).
Just lately, Apple added assist for the ISO 21496-1 commonplace in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15. Furthermore, apps like Messages, Photographs, Preview, and Fast Look can now decode media information utilizing the ISO 21496-1 commonplace.
So now that Apple and Google have each added assist for the ISO 21496-1 commonplace, gadgets operating the newest variations of Apple’s or Google’s working techniques and having the required {hardware} can show Tremendous HDR photos and movies correctly. A Reddit person lately found that an Extremely HDR picture captured utilizing their Pixel system was accurately displayed on their MacBook Professional’s Liquid Retina XDR show.
On Android, Google Chrome and Google Photographs already appear to assist the ISO 21496-1 commonplace. They will show Tremendous HDR/Extremely HDR photos with none points on gadgets operating Android 15 and having an HDR-compatible show. When One UI 7.0 arrives, Tremendous HDR photos and movies captured utilizing your Galaxy S24 will present up precisely in your pal’s new iPhone, iPad, or Mac and vice versa.
