Samsung Galaxy A55 5G GCam port is now available to download for the phone which is launched recently. The phone is a budget phone which runs on a Samsung Exynos 1480 chipset.
It comes with a triple camera setup with a 50MP wide camera sensor, 12MP ultrawide sensor and a 5MP macro sensor. The stock OneUI’s camera captures decent photos but still the GCam APK on Galaxy A55 captures somewhat better photos in portrait mode, Night Sight mode. Try it and see the difference by yourself.
In this article you will find the best working gcam port for Samsung A55 including xml or agc config files if anything is available.
Available GCam versions for Galaxy A55
With every Android major version update we get a major update of the Google camera as well. With the recent release of Android 14 we have got the GCam 9.1 and later as the latest version to date. Here we have a working port of GCam 9.2 for Galaxy A55.
In between, there are some minor version release of the GCam also comes, so I am listing out all available versions of GCams for the phone so that you can get to know when we have an update, right from the below list.
- GCam port 9.2 (Latest Version)
- GCam port 8.8 (RECOMMENDED)
- GCam port 8.4
- GCam port 8.1
- GCam port 7.4 (RECOMMENDED)
Compatibility Status of GCam on Galaxy A55
What’s working
- All basic features
What’s not working?
- Nothing reported yet
Where to Download the Galaxy A55 GCam port?
As mentioned in the list of compatible Google Camera apks for Galaxy A55, here are the direct download links for the same.
| File name | GCam APK |
| Latest version | 9.2 |
| Requirements | Android 14 and later |
| Config support | No |
| Last updated | 2nd May 2024 |
How to Install Google Camera on Galaxy A55?
- Download any compatible GCam for Galaxy A55 from the download link(s).
- To install apps from a third party app other than Play Store you need to enable app install from Unknown Sources on your Android device.
- For Android 10 or later version, enable Install Unknown Apps from the app from which you are going to install the APK file.
- For example: if you have downloaded the Google Camera apk file on Google chrome or firefox browser on your phone. Or you have downloaded and copied the apk file to the file browser and you want to install it from there.
- Go to Settings > Apps & notifications > Open the app (Chrome, Firefox or file manager app etc) > Install unknown apps and enable Allow from this source
- See the below screenshots that enables to install unknown apps on Pie for Chrome app (you need to enable on the app from where you want to install the apk):
- See the below screenshots that enables to install unknown apps on Pie for Chrome app (you need to enable on the app from where you want to install the apk):
- Once enabled, click on the downloaded Gcam port apk to install.
- Once installed you can clear the app data and open the app and enjoy the feature packed Google Camera on your Galaxy A55 phone.
Troubleshooting GCam Issues
In case you have found any issue with the given Google Camera mod then leave a comment so that we can find out a solution for you!
You can also visit our known issues list for google camera which lists some known issues on this Gcam port, which might be helpful as well.
Stock One UI Camera vs GCam on Galaxy A55
The default One UI camera that comes on the phone and the Google Camera port has significant differences to consider which one to use and where! To be able to take a wise decision on different occasions, I will list down all the similarities and/or differences between these two camera apps.
Let’s have a look at the below detailed section so that you can understand things in a better way.
What’s better on the One UI camera?
Well, the default camera app that comes on the phone is equally good and provides several features that the GCam does not have.
Let’s have a look at the below features that is available on Galaxy A55 One UI Camera:
- Pro mode on the the stock One UI camera app is available for both photo and video modes. This provides common controls such as Shutter speed, ISO control etc. but not like the way the TRUE pro level features that comes on MIUI camera.
- Super slow-motion and Hyperlapse feature
- Better compatibility with all camera sensors
- Allows to capture in highest resolution each sensor supports such as 50MP.
- Bixby vision does a screen analysis and provides useful information.
Advantages of using Google camera / GCam on Galaxy A55
People know the GCam app from couple of years since when it had the HDR+. And then the camera app has evolved significantly.
Below are some of the extra features that you can expect to enhance your existing camera setup on the Galaxy A55:
- With Night Sight mode you get better exposed low light images from the camera.
- Astrophotography mode used to capture the sky and celestial bodies in the dark. Not for everyone, but worth mentioning in this features list.
- Multi-mode video stabilization
- HDR+ brings much images in a condition where you have much brighter or darker regions in the scene.
- DSLR like bokeh effect with GCam’s portrait mode.
- RAW image capture so that it can be edited in the post
- GCam in most cases captures natural looking pictures
Disadvantages of GCam
- Finding the right gcam port for Galaxy A55 is neither a straight forward task nor easy
- Not all compatible mods available are specifically tuned for the Galaxy A55. It is possible that some or other features of GCam might be working might not be working as intended.
- The stock One UI camera app has a pro mode for photo as well as video which does not exist on Google Camera mod.
- Sometimes not all cameras are available to use.
- May require advanced settings to use the high resolution mode on the primary camera.
Conclusion
Of course GCam is good but that does not mean the One UI camera is bad. GCam provides better image quality, it has several features of its own which out performs the stock camera app.
But Samsung’s stock camera also has some good features which cannot be overlooked such as the Pro features, better hardware compatibility etc.
Summarizing it all, GCam will not replace the One UI camera rather both the camera apps can be installed on the same phone and you can use each app for which it better suits to your needs.
New features and updates of the GCam APK keep coming, hence there could be many versions of the GCam ports available for the Galaxy A55 today and in future. This page will always list all the compatible Google Camera versions for the phone.
You can visit the Samsung Galaxy GCam port downloads page to get compatible google camera ports for other Samsung phones.