Stock Android camera app now available on Google Play

New Delhi: Google has released its stock Google Camera app on the Google Play store, thus paving the way for quicker updates and new features without having to wait for and install OTAs. Google Camera will work on all phones and tablets running Android 4.4 KitKat or later.The new camera version 2.1.037 has a brand new interface and includes a new lens blur feature for more DSLR-like shots. The feature emphasizes the subject while blurring the background for an impressive depth of field effect, and for this it uses algorithms to simulate the large camera lens and aperture your phone or tablet doesn't actually have. For this users have to do an upward sweep to capture multiple images in order to determine the depth of objects for a 3D map that lets the software re-render the photo later and blur specific items based on where it thinks they are.The update comes with another new feature called "100% viewfinder" which ensures that there will be no "dropped pixels" – meaning the finished photograph will now be exactly what you see on the screen.If you don't yet have Android 4.4 KitKat, there's still hope, as the company is saying the app will come to more devices over the coming months.The company has also added a new feature that allows users to capture 360-degree photo spheres at up to 50 megapixels.In other Google news, the company also recently unveiled Project Tango, a prototype Android phone that can produce 3D-mapped renders of the physical space around it.