The Camera Go APK was launched this year with features like HDR, portrait mode etc. This time it has got the Night Mode for a low budget camera. The Camera Go APK is a light weight variant of the very popularly available Google Camera app.
Unlike this Camera GO app, the Google Camera app is a very powerful camera application with loads of features only available for Google phones, in general. But, Thanks to the developers, who have ported the Google Camera APK and made it to work on 200+ non-Google phones.
The advanced features of original Google Camera’s algorithms require a lot of computing resources such as huge RAM, processing and storage that is not a perfect fit for Android Go edition or simply any lower spec Android phone. Introducing the Camera Go APK that provides decent features such as Night Mode, Portrait Mode, of the original app as of now.
What are the Features Available on Camera Go?
Update 2: (6th October 2020)
The Camera Go now features Night Mode, which is quite similar to Google Camera’s Night Sight mode. The Night mode creates well exposed images in low light condition, without flash! You can get the APK file in the downloads section.
See the below video presentation that explains how you can get great photos in low light condition on the Camera Go app using Night Mode!
Update 1: (16th April 2020)
The stock Camera Go is ported by many developers to bring more features. The ported app is named as Google Camera Go or GCam Go, which is available with HDR+, 10x Zoom and now works on Android 8 and later versions. On the contrary the stock Camera Go app just had the HDR and portrait mode that too it was made to run only on Android 10.
As I have already said that the GCam is a far better port in comparison to Google Camera Go, which has a lot of features such as, Night Sight, Astrophotography, Portrait mode, photo sphere, super res zoom, and many more.
On the contrary the Camera Go APK has just the Night Mode (only on GCam Go v1.8 and later), Portrait mode, Face Enhance, and the Google Translate as of now. Yes, the Translate feature that is otherwise a part of the Google Lens, is also now integrated to the Camera Go app.
In addition, the Camera Go APK has some features those are unique and is a perfect fit for the Android Go devices.
- Number of photos you can take.
In the photo Mode, it shows how many photos you can take with respect to the current storage space left on the phone. - Number of minutes you can record video.
In the Video Mode, it shows for how long you can record video with respect to the current storage space left on the phone. - Integrated Google Translate.
Usually the Google Translate is available in the Google Lens. Integrating the Translate in the Camera Go app is a sign that the actual Lens app will not be made for Go devices. - Most importantly, works flawless on Android phones with low end processor.
Should you Install Camera Go APK?
Primarily the Huawei Kirin chipset does not get any porting support for GCam. This Camera Go APK is an ideal fit for those phones!
Just like the Huawei and Honor, some older Mediatek chipset based phones did not get support for GCam by the developers. If you have such a phone running on Android 8 or later (only Parrot043 and Greatness’ APK port may work), then this Camera GO APK is right for you!
But, if the GCam APK is available for your phone then there is no question of doubt in anyway. You can always search your device in the following list of available GCam APK.
If your phone has a slow processor such as anything in the Snapdragon 400 variant, or some older Mediatek chipsets, then ideally your phone will not see any latest Google Camera version.
In this case, either you can try some older GCam versions available which is still better than Camera Go.
Where to Download Camera Go?
Below is a list of direct link to download the Camera Go APK port for low budget Android phones. Once other versions of the app are available, will be added below.
Camera Go by Greatness with Night Mode
– Updated on 8th October 2020
– A modified Camera Go APK that has more features than the stock APK
– Night Mode enabled
– Works only on 64-bit architecture (mostly the new phones)
– Tested on Galaxy Note 10 Lite, Honor 9i
– Updated on 17th April 2020
– Supports Android 8 or later.
– Does not have Night Mode
– There are 2 APK files available from dev Greatness. Use the dropdown box to select the desired file to download.
Camera Go by the_dise with Night Mode
– Updated on 11th October 2020
– A modified Camera Go APK
– Night Mode enabled
Camera Go by Wichaya with Night Mode
– Updated on 8th October 2020
– A modified Camera Go APK
– Night Mode enabled
– Tested on Galaxy Note 5, Honor 9i
Camera Go by Parrot043 (Older port without Night Mode)
– Updated on 17th April 2020
– Supports 8 or later
– Features 10x digital zoom
Stock Camera Go app
– The stock Camera Go app does not have HDR+ and portrait mode functionality like the above ports.
– Supported only on Android 10 or later.
How to Install Camera Go on Android?
- Download the Camera Go APK file from the above download link(s).
- To install apps from a third-party app other than Play Store you need to enable app installation from Unknown Sources on your Android device.
For Android 10 version, enable Install Unknown Apps from the app from which you are going to install the Camera Go APK.
For example: if you have downloaded the Camera Go file on Google chrome or firefox browser on your phone. Or you have downloaded and copied the apk file to the file browser and you want to install it from there.
Go to Settings > Apps & notifications > Open the app (Chrome, Firefox or file manager app etc) > Install unknown apps and enable Allow from this source
See the below screenshots that enables to install unknown apps on Pie for Chrome app (you need to enable on the app from where you want to install the apk):
- Once enabled, click on the downloaded app to install.
- Once installed you can open the app and enjoy the Camera Go APK on your Android phone.
In my opinion, many GCam APK ports are already working on many low end devices. It is true that most of the new features require very high processing, but even the features available on older GCam ports are better than the stripped down variant of this Camera Go application which is primarily built by keeping the Android Go devices in mind.
Signing off this article right here with this conclusion. In case of any doubt you can always leave a comment here so that I can guide you further.
I can’t enable night mode on my Mi A2 Lite android 10. It’s show me switching… And not happened then.
I try all of version above but no luck.
Please report to the developers, thanks you.
I tried all night sight couldn’t work in my infinix hot 8. Camera go is for low end device and in low end device cannot work.
I downloaded the same (Wichayas’ Mod) to try out the night mode but unfortunately it’s not working on my device right now, When the toggle the night mode ON, it shows me ‘Switching’ and this goes forever. Can anything be done to resolve this?
Can you try the Greatness Camera Go Mod?
The night sight couldn’t working on my mtk p22. Please fix this problem.
the link is not working
I think only the stock camera go apk was not downloading.
If that was the issue, then I have fixed that.
Please check.
Thanks for linking the current choices. Was interested for a Lenovo tablet Android 8.1 and found the Greatness better than the crude stock camera, but HDR from Snap Camera HDR (v. 8.9+) is much better. Don’t use the tablet for video much, but I want to compare using the translation with regular offline Google translate – looks the only reason to keep the app. Very right to say any full GCam port is much better than these Camera Go ports if a device will handle it.
Yes, it is true that the GCam port is far better than this Camera Go port. I have mentioned the same thing in the post itself.
If you have device for which there is no GCam port available at all, then it makes sense to try this one.
Also, now the Camera Go supports Night Mode which is again not comparable head-to-head with the Night Sight mode of the GCam but somewhat better than the stock.
video stabilization is bad compare to simple GCam
Yes, Nick. The Camera Go APK is a much stripped down variant of the much better GCam.
As I mentioned in the actual post that this only suitable for Huawei Kirin chipset devices.
A few GCam moderators put attention to bring a little development to this then everything stopped on the Camera Go APK.
In my opinion, I will always suggest to try the Google Camera port for any Android phone.
Can I get latest gcam go with night sight on android 9.
Hello Dhanraj, I have added a link to the Night Mode Camera Go APK file. Look at the Greatness Camera Go section to download the file.