# Is using a phone's wide angle camera possible? **URL:** \ **Category:** Mobile apps\ **Created:** [April 14, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/is-using-a-phones-wide-angle-camera-possible/1618 "2018-04-14T22:04:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AndyG1714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@AndyG1714](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/AndyG1714)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/is-using-a-phones-wide-angle-camera-possible/1618/21 "2021-03-27T21:20:03Z")
If you’re not going to be paying attention to the people helping mapillary, then we unfortunately can’t help you have better coverage. ---
**Author:** ![gchoumos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/gchoumos/32/71650_2.png) [@gchoumos](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/gchoumos)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/is-using-a-phones-wide-angle-camera-possible/1618/22 "2021-06-26T15:17:23Z")
Not being able to switch between camera modules is having a direct impact on the quality of the pictures that are uploaded to Mapillary in general. The camera module that Mapillary selects by default is most of the times not the best lens that a phone has available. Please consider adding this functionality in Android. I am seeing that it is quite a long time it has been asked for, and I am pretty sure that it will be useful for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![IreuN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@IreuN](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/IreuN)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/is-using-a-phones-wide-angle-camera-possible/1618/23 "2021-07-31T11:09:36Z")
That a silly joke, no it’s sad to see that just being bought out by FB is making developers not care about it’s users. Shame. @Anders it’s been almost two years without ANY update… ---
**Author:** ![Anders](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/anders/32/55_2.png) [@Anders](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Anders)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/is-using-a-phones-wide-angle-camera-possible/1618/24 "2021-08-10T13:36:56Z")
Hey, I’ll forward this to the product owner. We have wide-angle support on iOS, and it’s unfortunately not very useful, at least not when putting the phone inside a car as it captures a lot of the dash/ceiling and the car hood etc. For walking etc, it’s very useful though. ---
**Author:** ![whatismoss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e274bd/32.png) [@whatismoss](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/whatismoss)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/is-using-a-phones-wide-angle-camera-possible/1618/25 "2021-08-17T09:36:00Z")
I personally have a 119° wide angle on my phone, and i record mainly by walking and cycling, if the Android app supported wide angle it would be awesome! ---
**Author:** ![AndyG1714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@AndyG1714](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/AndyG1714)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/is-using-a-phones-wide-angle-camera-possible/1618/26 "2021-08-18T23:08:58Z")
> [@Anders](#): > > at least not when putting the phone inside a car as it captures a lot of the dash/ceiling and the car hood etc Then implement a digital zoom feature so we can adjust it while still having the wide angle. ---
**Author:** ![enteq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@enteq](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/enteq)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/is-using-a-phones-wide-angle-camera-possible/1618/27 "2021-08-30T20:07:58Z")
if both cameras are used simultaneously, one could get 1. a wide angle photo, which could be cropped automatically at the top and bottom via Computer Vision, and 2. a normal photo, which contains much more details about the centre. You’d basically get something more close to human vision, with a fovea and some peripheral vision on the left and right. [Previous page](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/is-using-a-phones-wide-angle-camera-possible/1618.md?page=1)