In depth
A closer look at Focal Beta
Focal is a fully featured camera app looking to provide the most features on the most phones possible, including device-specific features on some devices. This app is the official release from the ex-CyanogenMod app. - THIS IS BETA: It has high chances of NOT WORING PROPERLY- Instead of rating 1-star because something doesn-t work, just WAIT FOR AN UPDATE- This is FREE! If it doesn-t work on your device then REPORT THE BUG, then WAIT AND SEE &- If you don-t want to test it, don-t install it. - If you want to support the development, buy the Donate app . It features:- A photo and video mode, supporting many features (burst mode, timer mode, scene mode, shutter speed on Sony devices, -)- A panorama mode, currently semi-broken- A PicSphere mode, open-source replacement of Google-s PhotoSphere, to do 360 sphere shots- A review drawer, by sliding from the top of the screen (in portrait). It shows your latest pictures. In photo mode, you also have access to a few tools, such as automatic picture enhancement (auto-awesome), or a rule of thirds overlay. On some devices, settings such as Color adjustment, HDR and a manual light measure point are also available. Double tapping the screen will put your in quick shot mode, where tapping the screen anywhere will take a picture. In video mode, high-framerate video is also possible. Need help? forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45806383 Tips :- You can slide a widget-s left handle to the right to close it- You can swipe twice to temporarily hide open widgets, and swipe back to recover them- You can pin widgets on your main screen- You can scroll the sidebar Notes :- This app targets mostly phones, but should mostly work on tablets.
- It is fully open source (GPL), and the sources can be downloaded at : Github.com/xplodwild/android_packages_apps_Focal- It is a BETA, which means you might encounter bugs and crashes. I-m mostly working on newer devices (Galaxy S3 and +), so older devices might encounter more issues than recent ones.
- I do this in my free time, and this is a free software. Instead of rating 1 star because there is a bug, you should do a constructive comment, or raise the issue to me on twitter, -xplodwild. Or even better, fork the project and fix the problem ‚- Even if some parts of the app sucks for now, they-ll improve over time.
Verdict
Should you install Focal Beta?
Focal Beta is an Android application available under the
Freeware
license — the APK is 14M.
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At a glance
Focal Beta specifications
- Publisher
- Developer
- Last updated
- Feb 2, 2026
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Android
- File size
- 14M
- Price
- Free
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- 904
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