iPhone Camera App Spends Years Perfecting 'Doing Less' So You Can Do More
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- •Halide announced the Mark III update on January 2026 as a 'Public Preview' to gather user feedback.
- •The update introduces Process Zero mode with HDR and ProRAW to create hands-off, anti-computational photo processing.
- •It also adds a new HDR-supporting black-and-white film simulation and promises more 'Looks' in future releases.
Halide, the iPhone camera app that apparently moonlighted as a zen monk, launched its Mark III update after years of painstaking toil—because photographic enlightenment clearly takes a few calendar laps. Available as a 'Public Preview' (aka beta for the brave), it boldly features the next evolution of its ‘Process Zero’ mode, which insists HDR and ProRAW support belong in a hands-off, anti-computational black box. New black-and-white film simulation even supports HDR, because who said contrast couldn’t be high and monochrome too? Reminder for the uninitiated: HDR isn’t a dirty word—it's just the tech equivalent of yelling at your phone's pixels to behave better.
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Halide’s new update proves the fastest way to revolutionize photos is by doing absolutely nothing—except years of invisible, complicated nothing.
After years of development, Halide perfected an app mode so hands-off you’ll forget you even took a photo.
Forget processing pictures, Halide Mark III promises you can let the app do the heavy lifting while you pretend to be an artist.
Source: Theverge | Published: 1/28/2026 | Author: Allison Johnson
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