Android XR devices, like Samsung’s newly launched Galaxy XR headset, are getting some neat Google Photos tricks. One Android XR trick turns your 2D photos into 3D ones, similar to spatial photos on the Apple Vision Pro.
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Google’s AI-powered Ask Photos and conversational editing features are a large part of the Pixel lineup and other Android devices, but some reports say the features are missing. It might have something to do with Google’s “face grouping” function.
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After initially launching on the Pixel 10 series, Google began one of its traditional slow rollouts for its conversation-based “Help me edit” tool late last month. Now, the company is confirming it’s active for all eligible Android devices in the US, giving Photos users one more way to edit their collection without relying on sliders and dials.
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Google Photos is practically the default gallery app on Android, but that’s underselling just how powerful of a photo editor it is, especially with that new Create tab. With a new update, Photos is getting some big improvements to its collage creator, all intended to give more control to end users.
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The fullscreen Google Account switcher started rolling out earlier this year, and the menu redesign is now coming to the remaining first-party apps.
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Unlimited Google Photos storage was the biggest selling point of what quickly became the most popular photo storage service, but as it became hard to sustain with scale, Google pulled the plug. For a while, though, T-Mobile customers have had access to a special Google One subscription that included unlimited Google Photos storage, but it’s now dead.
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After introducing on the Pixel 10 series, Google Photos is bringing the conversational “Help me edit” experience to all Android users in the US.
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After announcing in May, Google Photos is now widely rolling out a major redesign of the image editor on Android.
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Google Photos’ new conversational editing tool finally realizes the chain link fence removal demo that the tech giant showcased almost a decade ago.
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Google Photos is rolling out support for making custom stickers from your photos, but it only works on iOS with seemingly no plans to bring it to Android.
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The piecemeal redesign of Google Photos continues with the new viewer now available on Android after coming to iOS last month.
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While we’re still waiting on a wider rollout, Google is detailing how to use its new “Remix” feature in Photos, which allows users to turn their pictures into cartoon art styles.
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As announced earlier this year, Google Photos is now rolling out a redesigned editor on Android, which is a massive update, and the company is taking the time to explain how it all works for those who may be confused.
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Google Photos for Android is getting a very prominent and persistent redesign of its backup indicator that leverages Material 3 Expressive.
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The Google Photos editing suite is often evolving, but for many users, the perspective correction tool has recently vanished.
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The latest round of new features for Google Photos is meant to “bring your memories to life” using generative AI, with photo-to-video rolling out now.
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Sharing photos has always been easy, but a little inconvenient in Android. The Photo Picker allows for recent photos to be shared, but it never offered a concise way to share specific images in a hurry. An update to the Photo Picker may change that with a search bar for quicker selection.
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In addition to the upcoming editor redesign, Google Photos is revamping the app’s photo view.
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AI has taken over basically everything in tech. Whether it’s search, social media, or basically every other app on your phone, AI is just everywhere. It demands your attention and is often not optional, but Google Photos just showcased an increasingly rare example of building out AI features with a sense of compromise and care for the end user.
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In addition to beginning a wider rollout of Ask Photos, Google Photos today detailed improvements to Ultra HDR, while there’s now “Screenshots & recordings” on the web.
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Google Photos is now rolling out an updated version of its “Ask Photos” search experience, but also a way to disable it altogether. Here’s how to turn off AI search in Google Photos.
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After “early access” testing got underway in October, Google Photos is now bringing Ask Photos to more eligible users in the US and making the AI search experience feel faster.
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Google Photos is highlighting today how you can use quotation marks to search for text in images. Meanwhile, Ask Photos now has voice search.
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Google teased Material 3 Expressive for Photos last month, and one part of it — a redesign of the albums view — is now live on Android. QR code sharing for albums is also now available following last week’s announcement.
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