Halide update adds 'blazing fast portrait mode,' depth maps and more to the iOS app

Halide--the feature-rich third-party camera app for the iPhone--just released version 1.7 which adds support for the dual-camera setups of the iPhones 7 Plus, 8 Plus, and X, using the two lenses to "see" in three dimensions. When shooting a photo, you can now apply a background-blurring portrait effect or darken the background, similar to Apple's 'Portrait Lighting' effect. But this isn't just Apple's portrait mode pasted into Halide, the app allegedly does it better: In an App Store first, Hali...