OnePlus mistakenly rolls out update that disables the 8 Pro's 'X-ray' camera in Oxygen OS

OnePlus initially claimed that the color filter camera and associated Photochrom color mode for the OnePlus 8 Pro, accused of allowing people to see through clothing, would only be disabled in China pending an undefined fix. However, an Oxygen OS update disabling the feature globally has started rolling out. OnePlus tells us this updated rolled out "inadvertently," and a subsequent OTA will re-enable the feature.

If you're out of the loop, you can click through above to our prior coverage for more details, but the short version is that one of the cameras included with the OnePlus 8 Pro can see at least partly into the infrared spectrum, though it was only used for a single thing: a Photochrom color filter mode.

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