Photos captured on Snap Inc. (NASDAQ:SNAP) via Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhones often exhibit superior quality compared to those taken on Android (operating software developed by Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google) devices, raising questions about the platform’s image rendering capabilities on different smartphones.
What Happened: The contrast in photo quality between iPhones and some Android devices on Snapchat is not due to varying camera hardware alone. It all comes down to how the Snapchat app interacts with different operating systems, according to Insider Tech.
Given the extensive diversity of Android devices available in the market, each running different versions of OS software, Snapchat developers found it difficult to optimize the app for all Android smartphones, resulting in a lackluster user ...