The road and trees in the background are all out of focus, providing an attractive blur. When taking these two pictures, I didn't touch a single setting on my camera.

Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 introduces a background blur effect in the app drawer, keyguard, and other areas. Activating Battery Saver will disable the background blur effect.

Google’s much-hyped Material 3 Expressive design may soon find its way to more UI elements. The Android lock screen widgets could get a slick background blur effect. This change will make it ...

It can look artistic, for example, and a blurred background can draw attention to the sharp foreground. Armed with the right app, it's easy to blur photos on both the iPhone and Android.