The difference in zoom levels is due to how third-party applications integrate with device hardware. The 30x Space Zoom on your Galaxy S23 FE relies on proprietary Samsung software algorithms that combine optical hardware with digital AI processing. Applications like Snapchat use a generalized camera framework designed to work across many different device models, which caps the digital zoom limit at 10x to maintain application stability.
To work around this limitation, you can try the following:
Use the Native Camera App: Take your photo or video using the native Samsung Camera app to utilize the full 30x zoom, then upload the high-quality file from your Gallery into Snapchat.
We hope that the above steps help you get the best possible zoom results on your Galaxy device.
