Any way to shoot Photosphere photos with the S8?

[youngjediboy]

I just upgraded from the Nexus 6P. The S8's camera is quite good, but I am missing being able to shoot Photospheres. Is there a way to do this or even be able to port over Google's camera?

 

[pjniez]

I just upgraded from the Nexus 6P. The S8's camera is quite good, but I am missing being able to shoot Photospheres. Is there a way to do this or even be able to port over Google's camera?

I was wondering the same thing! I had the feature on the S7. But unable to find it on the S8+ nor is it an available camera mode to download.

 

[frankd1]

I just upgraded from the Nexus 6P. The S8's camera is quite good, but I am missing being able to shoot Photospheres. Is there a way to do this or even be able to port over Google's camera?

Just go into the Samsung Galaxy Apps app and download the Surround Shot app. I'm not sure why they didn't flag it so it could be downloaded from within the camera app itself, but once you install it it shows up from inside the camera app.

 

[ilengyel]

Just go into the Samsung Galaxy Apps app and download the Surround Shot app. I'm not sure why they didn't flag it so it could be downloaded from within the camera app itself, but once you install it it shows up from inside the camera app.

"Surround Shot" gives me no results when searching in Galaxy Apps. Maybe it is blocked in my region .

 

[racedog]

"Surround Shot" gives me no results when searching in Galaxy Apps. Maybe it is blocked in my region .

Same here, no results from search in galaxy Apps.

 

[ilengyel]

I found a direct link to the app on the store You will be taken to Galaxy Apps.

But gives me the error:

 

[mundo472]

I found a direct link to the app on the store You will be taken to Galaxy Apps.

But gives me the error:
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Worked for my VZW S8 just fine. Thanks!

 

[youngjediboy]

I found a direct link to the app on the store You will be taken to Galaxy Apps.

But gives me the error:
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Thanks for the link but I get a network error....

On tmo s8

 

[Mark Ham1]

I installed this... Works beautifully.


https://android-apk.org/com.sec.android.app.camera.shootingmode.panorama3d/27341873-surround-shot/

 

[steveh552]

The samsung app installed perfectly on my T-Mobile S8.

 

[stmax]

Won't the Google Camera from the play store allow photosphere shots? I just use my Gear 360 camera now though.

 

[blaine07]

Doesn't work here on S8+ Vzw

 

[youngjediboy]

I installed this... Works beautifully.


https://android-apk.org/com.sec.android.app.camera.shootingmode.panorama3d/27341873-surround-shot/

Tried downloading the APK from there and when clicking the link to download, it keeps getting "DNS address could not be found"

 

[youngjediboy]

Won't the Google Camera from the play store allow photosphere shots? I just use my Gear 360 camera now though.

Google's Camera app in the Play Store is only compatible with Google's devices like the Nexus and Pixel phones. Doesn't show up for other devices.

I was thinking about getting the Insta360 eventually, but I don't have it yet and would like to be able to shoot Photospheres manually.
The Samsung Panorama only pans horizontally. You can't shoot up and down or be able to shoot actual 360s.

 

[LineKill]

You should be able to swipe right within the camera app and tap on download at the top. You will find a bunch of camera modes there.

 

[youngjediboy]

You should be able to swipe right within the camera app and tap on download at the top. You will find a bunch of camera modes there.

That only shows a bunch of filters and those Snapchat-like overlays you can download. Doesn't seem to have anything like Surround Shot or Photosphere. Searching "Surround Shot" shows in the Galaxy App either.

 

[LineKill]

That only shows a bunch of filters and those Snapchat-like overlays you can download. Doesn't seem to have anything like Surround Shot or Photosphere. Searching "Surround Shot" shows in the Galaxy App either.

Swipe the other way. Let me know what you find.

The screen is to the left, but you need to swipe to the rightツ

 

[youngjediboy]

Swipe the other way. Let me know what you find.

The screen is to the left, but you need to swipe to the rightツ

For whatever reason Surround Shot is the ONLY item that isn't on the list for me.
I'm on T-Mobile S8. Have checked all updates to make sure everything is on the latest version. Even restarted, checked again. For some random reason Surround Shot isn't available to be downloaded officially.

Also comparing to your screenshot, I also don't have Video collage or Live Broadcast.
What network/version are you on?

I had to dig around and saw someone post this APK link on reddit that finally seems to work. Hopefully it doesn't add any new bugs or other problems.

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...e/surroundshot2-1-4-3-1-android-apk-download/

 

[LineKill]

For whatever reason Surround Shot is the ONLY item that isn't on the list for me.
I'm on T-Mobile S8. Have checked all updates to make sure everything is on the latest version. Even restarted, checked again. For some random reason Surround Shot isn't available to be downloaded officially.

I had to dig around and saw someone post this APK link on reddit that finally seems to work. Hopefully it doesn't add any new bugs or other problems.

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...e/surroundshot2-1-4-3-1-android-apk-download/

Hmm, sorry that did not help. Hopefully you found what you were looking for without any issues

 

[youngjediboy]

Hmm, sorry that did not help. Hopefully you found what you were looking for without any issues

Thank you anyway though! It's just so annoying on Samsung's part... why can't they just leave it be?

Also while searching around on some pretty old threads, I saw some people mention using Google Street View app to shoot Photospheres. I just installed that and it does seem to work. Funny that it's kind of a hidden feature of that app as it's used more for people to view and share Photospheres publicly. So if you just want to use it for your own personal use, just make sure not to publish anything after shooting.

Here's the link for that if anyone's interested: https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...s?id=com.google.android.street&token=tBzHXQ_E

Looks like there are 2 solutions now to regain the ability to shoot Photospheres on the S8, though they are kind of hacky. Hopefully some day maybe Samsung will just simply put that feature back in.