I seem to be one of the first ones with the new update.
So far works flawless. Will report when I notice something beside the new camera experience 
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Thanks for the heads-up!
Fairphone OS version C.0101
Release date: 19th Feb 2024
Android version: 13
Software Version: FP4.TP29.C.0101
Security Patch Level: 5th January 2024Camera update
- Capture images faster
The overall camera experience is much more reactive with faster auto-focus, continuous shooting and smoother zooming. Making moving subjects easier to snapshot even for all lighting conditions.- Greater quality in low light
Capture low-light and night scenes in greater detail with less grainy imagery. Shooting 4K video, HDR photos or using the flash also benefit from sharper colors and better contrasting while a newly tuned AI immediately detects the most optimal settings for each scene.Other resolved issues
- Camera app would sometimes freeze while deleting an image from the preview.
- Camera Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) is now performing as expected.
Other improvements
- New wallpaper available
Interestingly, what is simply headlined âCamera updateâ in the internet release notes (above) is labeled âThe big camera updateâ in the Updater (screenshot below). Quite interesting in a certain context ⊠
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It is out and the question as usual is: Did you make any experience with this update, yet?
Havent seen the UI myself yet, from what I have read it seems its the same now as th FP5 one which I guess would be a real improvementâŠ
Yes, the camera is massively faster. The rest I couldnât test yet.
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I wonder if some of those camera updates will trickle down to third party apps/custom ROMsâŠ
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Iâve just installed the update and rebooted my phone. The upgrade went without a bit of pain.
The camera app starts fast, it responds quickly to gestures and clicks, and from my first impression, it seems it has improved quite a bit! Clicking the zoom level now makes sense: it jumps you to the next zoom level. Also, Iâm happy to see a âproâ mode where I can toy around with white balance, iso level and shutter speed.
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Update went flawlessly. Camera performance improved significantly. EIS now works. @mthmulders these options existed already before.
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One thing nobody noticed so far I think, but finally the stock camera does not require Google photos to view images from the in app button
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That may be good news for users of de-googled custom ROMs who use the FP stock camera. I will test it under CalyxOS (Android 14) as soon as I get my hands on the apk
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Great camera improvement - thank you, FairPhone!
It finally seems that I can use the camera as expected and there is no more reason for âPlease take the pictures with your mobile phone, mine doesnât work very wellâŠâ 
(Easier to access) Panorama and pro mode are also very welcome!
Mirko
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Iâm also mostly satisfied with the camera update (have been testing it for a few weeks already in beta). I just find the new UI less intuitive - there are lots of icons that appear and disappear under various conditions and which have no textual descriptionâŠ
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Oh well, I might just have overlooked them before. At least theyâre easy/easier to find now 
I have not really tested this yet, but the first thing I noticed is that it doesnât seem to be possible to select shooting modes (e.g. âactionâ) anymore, but must hope that the AI will automatically select the best settings. I am curious about the results.
yeah, would be nice if someone extracted it after installing that update!
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It actually is. But the icon for manual selection appears only sometimes. This is one of the feedbacks I gave FP in the beta, but nobody seems to listen.
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It also seems to fix another issue:
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Yeah, I just noticed that, too. Unpredictable (dis-)appearing of icons is really not a good UI decision. But maybe the details of the new camera app should be discussed in a separate topic.
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