2026 is seeing a cascade of hardware upgrades that push legacy components out of the way.

Metalenz announced it has acquired PxE to eliminate the half‑century‑old color filter that has limited smartphone night photography, while Seagate revived the hybrid‑drive concept with its FireCuda Forge. Amazon is fi…

Camera hardware finally sheds its filter shackles

Metalenz’ purchase of PxE directly targets the Bayer filter stack that has sat on smartphone sensors for roughly 50 years. The move promises a sensor that can capture more light without the color‑filter‑array loss, a …