The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL devices out in the wild has a dormant image processor called the Visual Core, and now Google is starting to flip the switch with the Android 8.1 Oreo developer preview.

The Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL have a special processor inside developed by Google for their visual brains specifically. These devices hadn't had this processor activated before this week – now ...

When Google launched its Pixel 2 flagship smartphone last year, it included something of a surprise: A co-processor called Pixel Visual Core, the company’s first homegrown, consumer-facing piece of ...

Ever noticed your Android phone takes worse photos in social apps like WhatsApp than in the camera app? It’s because they don’t use the same shooting mode and post-processing. And no matter how good a ...

Ever since it was revealed as Google’s hidden chip inside the Pixel 2, the Pixel Visual Core has been clad in a little bit of mystery. Google hasn’t helped matters in its communications, and until ...