Nokia’s Android smartphones might soon be getting the apps previously available on Windows Phone. Microsoft recently transferred 500 design patents to HMD, Nokia’s parent company. One of the patents acquired by Nokia is the Lumia Camera UI, previously found on Windows Phone.
As HDM owns the Lumia Camera UI design patent, there were speculations that the company might update the Nokia Android phone’s camera app with a UI similar to the Lumia Camera.
As first spotted by Windows Latest, HMD Global’s Chief Product Officer, Juho Sarvikas, has now posted on Twitter that the Lumia Camera UI will soon make its way to Nokia’s smartphones.
When a user asked the CPO about its plan to bring Lumia Camera UI back, he hinted that the company is indeed planning to update the current camera app with Lumia Camera UI.
Lumia Camera was one of the best feature available on Windows Phone, however, as part of the branding changes, Microsoft replaced Lumia Camera with Windows Camera, while the UI is still same.
As Microsoft killed the Lumia brand, the company later replaced the Lumia Camera with Windows Camera app on Windows 10. Lumia Camera and Windows Camera is same in terms of features and radial controls. Not only the Lumia Camera design patent, HMD has also got 500 design patents from Microsoft Mobile.
