Have you noticed your selfies are looking particularly fantastic at the moment?
Without changing a single thing about your skincare or beauty routines, that your skin is looking smoother, younger, less blemished and better looking than usual?
Sorry, but it’s not you. It’s your phone and it’s in-built default settings that automatically edit regular human imperfections out of your photos.
This feature isn’t new. People have been noticing smoother selfies on their smart phones since around 2016, but for anyone who has just upgraded to a new phone for the first time in years, it will be new to you.
After blogger Melissa Wells shared her disappointment with how her new android phone filtered out her freckles and fine lines on Instagram, the tech brand issued a statement to Teen Vogue.
“At Samsung we offer a range of camera settings on our mobile phones for our customers to be able to choose to switch on or use. The beauty setting is one such setting that we know our customers love and has the option of being switched on or turned off completely, depending on personal preference,” it read.