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Apple’s new iPhone 12 Pro has a cool party trick – CNET
Your new iPhone has lidar tech built into it, unlocking some impressive capabilities.

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You may have heard about Apple including a lidar sensor in the iPhone 12 Pro and the iPhone 12 Pro Max, two of the company’s latest iPhone models. The new sensor improves portrait photos, and even night mode shots captured with the iPhone 12 Pro’s rear camera because it speeds up focus and portrait mode photos. But that’s not all lidar can help with.
Lidar stands for “light detection…
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