Google Photos Is Preparing a Major Update for its Editor with More Features and AI Functions

It’s May 28, 2015 and Google has just released its Google Photos application, which will become one of the trademark apps for Google phones, as well as one of the more practical photo managing apps for other phones as well.

Today is the 10th birthday of the app, and as you’d expect, Google has decided to announce a major update of its photo editor, an update that will bring the editor to a new level.

Of course, we have all the details here, so if you want to know more, keep reading our report, as the update brings an infusion of AI and new tools formerly available only on the flagship Pixel phones.

As you know, the Pixel lineup showed us just how far Google can go when it comes to image editing software, and we can confirm that the company has perfected the whole process on the Pixel phones. Now, these updates are coming to everyone.

So, Google has confirmed the release of a redesigned editor suite in the app, thereby offering powerful new AI tools and some options that were exclusive to the Pixel 9 series until this moment.

We can start off with a pretty basic upgrade, which will give the editor the ability to suggest edits for your photos for you. Of course, this has already been present, but the new update will rely on AI to provide the suggestions, and they will be tailored according to each individual image; as you know, the old option offered the same set of enhancements regardless of the content of the image.

Additions will also include the Reimagine and Auto Frame features, which have been exclusive to the Pixel 9 until now, when they are coming to the Google Photos app as well. The first option allows for more complex, yet localized edits, while the second one helps straighten pictures to get a better composition. Both of them will also heavily rely on AI.

After these edits, you will be able to use the enhanced album sharing functions, which also come with the new updates. This will allow quicker sharing and link generation, as well as QR code generation for shared albums.

And while these new features rely heavily on the use of AI, they still sound very interesting, and we cannot wait for them to roll out on all devices, and not just the Pixel phones. Google has announced an Android-wide rollout in about a month, and an iOS release has also been teased by the end of the year, with no specific date in mind.

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