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[Google Camera] GCam APK for Honor X5

Honor X5

Honor X5 is indeed one of the most popular device from the house of Honor. If you own Honor X5 and you are not satisfied with the camera performance you can try GCam or Google Camera on Honor X5. Today we will let you know how to Download and install the latest stable version of GCam APK on Honor X5 to enjoy detailed and clear images in all lighting conditions. Enjoy modes like Astrophotography, night sight, blur lens, portrait mode, and much more. Before starting let’s sneak a peek at some of the main highlights of the device.

Honor X5 GCam – Content

Honor X5 Specifications in a nutshell

Honor X5 sports a 6.5-inch HD+ display that sits over the TFT LCD panel. The display offers 720 x 1600 pixels resolutions providing a 20:9 aspect ratio and 270 PPI density. Under the hood, the device is equipped with a Mediatek MT6762 Helio G25 SoC chipset coupled with an Octa-core processor, PowerVR GE8320 GPU, and 2GB of RAM. Phone packs with 32GB of internal storage which can be further expanded.

Honor X5 is equipped with a single camera module at the back, an 8MP Primary camera. While it offers a 5MP camera module at the front. The device can take well-quality images in normal daylight conditions but if you want more enhanced photos like the one from DSLR this is where GCAM comes in as it helps to take great images with much more depth and detail.

Read: Honor X5 FAQ

Honor X5 Google Camera features

GCam APK for Honor X5

The Google Camera feature includes Super Res Zoom, AR Emojis, Google Lens, TimeLapse, Slow-Motion, Image Stabilization, Astrophotography mode and Photosphere. It also features HDR, HDR+, HDR+ enhanced, RAW, ZSL, Flash, AR Stickers, Night Sight, and Portrait mode.

There are slight chances that some of the features may not work for the listed Mods, please feel free to use different APK Mods and try different configs files.

Below Mentioned ported GCam or Google Camera Mod APK is developed by Urnyx05.

GCam: What’s Working?

  • HDR+ Enhanced
  • Portrait Mode
  • Night Sight
  • Astrophotography Mode
  • And More (Likely Everything)

GCam What’s Not Working?

There isn’t any report about the mode that’s not working.

Download latest GCam APK on Honor X5 | Download GCam Config Files

Download any of the following latest working GCam or Google Camera for Honor X5.

ArnovaG82 GCam 8.6 For Honor X5 by Arnova

MGC 8.3 Gcam For Honor X5 by MGC

PXv8.1_GCam-v1.2 for Honor X5 by Urnyx

Checkout Different versions of Gcam for Honor X5

No Config files available for Honor X5

How to install GCam APK on Honor X5

Download Google Camera APK from the downloading link mentioned above.

After downloading, tap on the downloaded APK file, and your mobile will ask for authorization, simply enable or allow “Installation from the Unknown Sources” from the privacy settings. (You can enable it by following these steps “Settings” and then “Security/ Privacy” and then enable it. However, if you have already enabled it simply skip it to the installation.)

Once the installation is done, you can simply use the GCam APK on your smartphone

Honor X5 GCam Config File Download and Installation

Once the GCam APK Installation of Honor X5 is done you need to open your file manager and look for Gcam folder, if the Gcam folder is not there you need to create the GCam folder manually. Once the GCam folder is created you need to create configs folder inside the GCam folder now move the config file that you have downloaded into the config folder.

Now Open Google camera, and double tap on any black area, after double tapping you need to select the config file that you have downloaded after doing so tap on RESTORE. Once this is done the Google camera will restart and now it is ready to use.

(Note – Follow the above-mentioned steps for GCam Config File if you have downloaded GCam config files for Honor X5)

So guys this was our blog ‘GCam for Honor X5 with download and installation details. If you have any queries, please write in the comments down below.

FAQ for GCam on Honor X5

Q : All features of GCam?

A : Feature includes HDR+ with dual exposure controls, Night Sight, Astrophotography, Super Res Zoom, Top Shot, Portrait, Google Lens Suggestions, and Playground

Q : Does Honor X5 supports GCam on Android 12 and 13?

A : Yes, it does support.

Q : Does GCam supports Astrophotography mode on Honor X5?

A : Yes, it does support.

Q : How to enable Astrophotography mode on Honor X5 using GCam?

A : This feature is enabled by default

Q : Does GCam or Google Camera on Honor X5 supports lens blur?

A : Yes.

Q : Does Honor X5 GCam or Google Camera supports Portrait mode?

A : Yes.

Q : Does GCam or Google Camera on Honor X5 supports Slow motion videos?

A : Yes.

Q : Does GCam or Google Camera on Honor X5 supports time lapse videos?

A : Yes.

Q : Does GCam or Google Camera on Honor X5 supports Super Res Zoom?

A : Yes.

Q : Does GCam or Google Camera on Honor X5 supports ZSL?

A : Yes.

Q : Does GCam supports Night mode on Honor X5?

A : Yes, it does but it is called Night sight.

Q : How’s the rear camera performance of Honor X5 in low light using GCam?

A : The night sight on GCam can take brilliant images in low light conditions, it can handle the shadows very well, the images looks much bright and more detailed in comparison to the stock camera.

Q : Does GCam on Honor X5 supports Macro Camera?

A : Yes, this version of GCam does support Macro camera.

Q : How’s the dynamic range on Honor X5 using GCam?

A : Images comes out to be nicely exposed.

Q : Hows the performance of Honor X5 using GCam when it comes to indoor conditions?

A : You will surely get many detailed images in comparison to the stock camera on Honor X5.

Q : Can GCam on Honor X5 resolves the issue of over-saturation?

A : Yes, it definitely does. You will get natural color with many details.

Q : How’s the quality of selfies using GCam on Honor X5?

A : Selfie quality is very good, the images are not much saturated, and GCam preserves all the natural colors, you may find selfies a bit darker in normal daylight conditions in comparison to the stock camera.

Q : Hows is the front camera performance using GCam in low light or no light conditions?

A : GCam night sight works very well and delivers mind-boggling results, you will be surprised believe me.

Q : Is GCam for Honor X5 stable?

A : Yes, it is very much stable. If things do not work you can always try other Mods.


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