The June 2025 Feature Drop continues with Pixel Camera 9.9 beginning to roll out. Officially, this update is supposed to add an “education hub,” but Google has also removed Social Share.
Social Share is no longer available in Pixel Camera 9.9, with the menu gone from Settings. This capability let you swipe up on the circular preview of your last shot to quickly send it to a compatible app. You can choose up to three shortcuts, with Quick Share serving as a default fourth option. (WhatsApp disappeared from this list in recent months.) It’s unclear if this is a bug, but it does look like an intentional removal.
Version 9.8:
Meanwhile, the education hub that was announced as part of the Feature Drop is not yet live. It’s presumably coming as a server-side update.
The Camera viewfinder will show a circular question mark button in the top-right corner for every mode instead of just some. This bar area is already black, with status icons appearing at the left. Tapping lets you “Explore ways to take photos,” with Google highlighting:
- Add Me:
- Panorama: Take stunning, high-resolution panoramas
- Astro: See how stars move across the night sky
- Night Sight
- Macro Focus: Tiny objects, bug detail. Capture stunning close-up[s]
Under Examples, you get “visual inspiration of what each mode does” with real shots that include the photographer’s name in the corner. In the bottom-right corner, there’s an “Open Camera” FAB (floating action button) to quickly get back to the viewfinder.
Finally, the “How to” tab provides helpful instructions on how to use each mode.
Version 9.9.106.767010485.16 of Pixel Camera is rolling out via the Play Store. It’s not yet widely available, and joins the other June 2025 Feature Drop updates:
- Gboard can now generate stickers with Pixel Studio
- How to access the Pixel VIPs widget
- Google updates Pixel Magnifier with real-time text search [U]
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