Samsung is finally bringing dedicated night mode to Galaxy S10

Samsung’s Galaxy S10-series phones have some of the most versatile cameras in the industry – and yet somehow, they fail to live up to the expectations. Especially in low light. Taking a cue from Google and Huawei, Samsung is now bringing a dedicated night mode to the Galaxy S10 – the feature is reportedly going live in select markets like Switzerland, but it won’t be long before Samsung starts rolling it out globally. 

The Galaxy S10 already has a built-in night mode – Samsung calls it Bright Night. But it’s different from Google’s and Huawei’s take in that it can’t be manually enabled to pump out brighter, more detailed low-light photos. Rather, Bright Night is an automatic feature that kicks off on its own, but only in very challenging conditions – when the intensity of light is exceptionally low. While the idea is novel, phones like the Pixel 3 and P30 Pro offer manual control so users can choose to utilize night mode as and when they like – which is certainly more convenient than letting the algorithm decide for them. 

A dedicated night mode would give more control to the user. Note that, the S10’s other key feature, which is variable dual aperture, isn’t set to manual by default – but Samsung also lets users decide the aperture at which they want to shoot in pro mode. Night mode will be similar, although being a dedicated mode means it would be part of the camera UI (within the viewfinder) and accessible via a swipe, similar to the phone’s other camera modes. 

The Galaxy S10, to recall, has a primary 12MP wide (77-degree field of view) sensor with variable f/1.5-f/2.4 aperture and dual pixel OIS. It is paired with a 12MP telephoto sensor with OIS for 2X optical zoom. Samsung has also thrown in an additional 16MP ultra-wide (123-degree field of view) sensor with f/2.2 aperture and fixed focus in the Galaxy S10 - which is a first for any high-end Galaxy phone. The Galaxy S10+ has the same setup while the more affordable Galaxy S10E misses out on the zoom camera. 

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