LG'S GRAPHY APP WILL HELP AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS!

LG's V30 Android smartphone's launch date is around the corner, but now you get to see the software and what it will look like. Among all the novelties is Graphy; a component of the manual mode in LG's camera app that allows users to apply the same "style and mood" of a chosen professional photographer to their own. 

The Graphy app will allow you to apply photographic settings like the white balance, shutter speed, aperture and ISO. It is not abundantly clear how that will work because obviously, every picture will require a shutter speed matched to its environmental light, but presumably, it’ll recreate the look rather than the direct effect of those tweaks. 

Also potentially interesting are the new options for unlocking the phone: one is facial recognition without having to press the power button or turn the screen on, and the other is unlocking the V30 by speaking a pass phrase. Finally, to make the most out of the OLED screen’s better battery efficiency when displaying small snippets of information on the screen, LG is expanding the functionality of its always-on display. It can now show the time, date, notifications, quick tools, music controls, or a user-selected photo. It’s all shaping up to be a rather predictable, gradual set of changes from the LG G6, though the new unlocking mechanisms could prove to be quite delightful if executed correctly.