Bringing a nice refreshed look and easier navigation within the app, and improved the shutter speed (from my experience) photo sphere and lens blur. For those who forget to turn the phone while recording a video, Google now reminds you upon selecting the video option to rotate the device to landscape.
My only complaint is that I feel there is too much wasted space. On the button where the shutter button sits there is a thick black bar surrounding it, where as in the previous camera app there was just the shutter button. I personally think they should do away with the button all together since you can use the volume buttons to snap a picture.
Camera still uses the Google Photos app if you swipe left from the right edge if you're a Nexus user, it could be different on other devices, let me know if I'm wrong. Unfortunately there was no redesign to native gallery app found on the Nexus devices, and the reasoning is most likely because, Google is pretty focused on Google Photos to access all your pictures and videos and, it's the only place you can view your auto awesome pictures. Maybe there will be a update to the Google Photos app that organizes the pictures better.
I do like that Google is releasing their stand alone apps on the Play Store so that everyone can enjoy their products, not just Nexus users. You also no longer have to wait for your carrier to send out the update, or wait until the .apk is ripped and shared.
Edit: This app only works with devices running Android 4.4+ KitKat.
Source: Android Google+ Post
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