There are a lot of photo apps out there that let you edit, put captions and other designs on top of pictures you’ve recently taken or those that are already on your camera roll. But there are only a few out there that lets you do something as unique as Sony’s Voice Balloon photo app, which lets you add thought balloons to your photos, using your smartphone’s voice recognition as the basis for the dialogue you can add to your picture. Now they’re releasing a new similar app in beta called balloon photo.
Now as to what’s the difference between the two, it’s pretty hard to determine at this point. It seems like the new app is still in beta so they can test out the features, and afterwards, they may possibly add it to the original app or replace it altogether. But either way, the voice balloon app is up for an upgrade because it hasn’t had an update since it was first released in March 2014. The way voice balloon works is that when you open the app, your device will recognize the voice around and then create speech balloons. Then you take the picture with the displayed speech balloons, then edit accordingly.
For the new balloon photo app, there are a few minor changes and updates from the original. You can also choose from already existing photos once the speech balloons are already up. The editing of the speech balloons has also been updated, and now you can drag the balloon, edit text easily, and add new balloons, depending on what you want to happen in the picture.
You can download the balloon photo app beta for free from the Google Play Store. The Voice Balloon app is also still up, and can also be downloaded for free. Now let’s see whether these two will merge or the newer one will replace the other.
VIA: Xperia Blog
