Recently, AndroidPolice showed a sample of the "UltraHDR" format launched by Google on its website and highly affirmed it, calling it "the future of image technology." In the article, the website conducted an interview with Dylan Raga, a professional in the imaging field. Dylan believes that UltraHDR has a higher display contrast and a more natural imaging effect, which solves the problem of abnormal tone relationship in mobile phone photography due to the HDR algorithm. Moreover, the display effect achieved through SDR dimming is difficult to reproduce with previous HDR technology.
In addition, from a data perspective, UltraHDR is essentially a JPG format image with HDR effect, so it also has the advantage of strong compatibility.
However, the advantages of UltraHDR can only be demonstrated on HDR displays. Devices such as Pixel7Pro, Pixel8Pro or the latest MacBookPro should be able to perfectly demonstrate the effects of UltraHDR. Another regret is that most social platforms currently do not support the UltraHDR format. The servers of platforms such as Instagram or
Currently, the only software that supports the UltraHDR format is Google Chrome on Android 14, Windows 11, or macOS. If you want to truly popularize this format, you still need to wait for updates from software manufacturers and social networking sites. However, with Google’s appeal in the field of smartphones, it should not be difficult to persuade major Android phone manufacturers to add UltraHDR shooting and display functions to their camera album apps, so the promotion of the UltraHDR format is not difficult.