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The Hindu
a day ago
- The Hindu
Google announces new AI editor for quicker photo fixes
As Google this week celebrates ten years of its Photos offering, the company launched a redesigned AI-powered editor that consolidates multiple tools and features for easier photo fixes. The new AI editor gives users suggestions to fix their images, and brings major editing tools to one location. These can be used for overall edits as well as to get suggestions or edits for specific parts of an image. Google also announced that tools such as Reimagine and Auto Frame, which were launched as part of the AI-powered Magic Editor offering for Pixel 9, would be coming to more devices. These GenAI features will be placed near other standard photo editing controls. Google said the new editor would begin rolling out globally to Android devices next month while iOS users will get the update later in the year. In addition to this, Google announced an easier way to share photo albums with others. Users can now generate QR codes to let people near them easily view albums or even get photos printed. Those with the QR code can also add photos. 'Today, more than 1.5 billion people use Google Photos each month, with over 9 trillion total photos and videos stored. Every month, you perform more than 370 million searches, share 440 million memories and edit 210 million photos,' said Shimrit Ben-Yair, Vice President, Google Photos & Google One in the post.
India Today
2 days ago
- India Today
Google Photos gets 10th anniversary update, is now going to use lots of AI for editing
To mark the 10th anniversary of Google Photos, the tech giant has unveiled a major redesign of its photo-editing interface, and it's not just a cosmetic upgrade. Alongside a revamped user experience, Google is rolling out two powerful AI-driven features that were previously exclusive to Pixel phones: Reimagine and Auto Frame. This next-generation editor is part of Google's broader effort to make professional-grade editing tools more accessible to everyday users. The update brings a simplified interface and powerful new features aimed at making photo editing smarter, quicker, and more Photos has new AI-powered featuresLeading the upgrade are Reimagine and Auto Frame, both powered by generative AI. The Reimagine tool allows users to radically transform the look of their images by typing in natural language prompts. For example, if a photo features an overcast sky, you can simply ask for 'clear blue skies,' and the AI will alter the image accordingly, swapping out the dull weather for something more appealing. Auto Frame, meanwhile, offers intelligent framing suggestions by analysing the composition of your photo. It can recommend improved cropping, widening the scene, or even using AI to extend the image beyond its original borders — all designed to help users achieve a better visual balance without manual interfaceadvertisement The redesigned editing menu has also received a visual overhaul. The previously cluttered, double-layered toolbar has been replaced with a cleaner, single-row interface. Now, users will find three key editing shortcuts displayed as thumbnails: Enhance, Dynamic, and a new addition called AI AI Enhance generates three automatic edits of your image, combining effects like sharpening, object removal, and lighting adjustments. Users can preview and pick their favourite result, eliminating the need to fine-tune settings manually. What's more, users can now draw directly over specific areas in a photo to make targeted changes. Whether it's isolating a person, object, or background, the editor will automatically suggest edits such as blurring, repositioning, or lighting enhancements based on the editing, Google is also introducing a clever new way to share photo albums. Albums can now be shared via QR codes, allowing for quick and convenient access, especially in group settings. Imagine printing out a QR code at a party, guests can simply scan it to view and contribute their own photos to the album in real redesigned Google Photos editor is set to begin rolling out globally to Android users starting next month, June. iPhone users can expect the update to arrive later this year, although Google has not specified a firm date for the iOS Google Photos celebrates its decade-long journey, these new tools signal a future where AI and intuitive design come together to give users more creative control — no professional skills required.
Engadget
3 days ago
- Engadget
Google Photos gets new AI features for its 10-year anniversary
Google Photos is 10 years old. To honor the anniversary, the company revamped the app's editor. Naturally, AI plays a leading role. The redesigned Photos adds AI-powered editors previously exclusive to the Pixel 9's Magic Editor. That includes Auto Frame, which suggests crops for your pics. If that requires new parts, it will use AI to generate them. Also moving over from the Pixel is Reimagine. That's where you can add elements like fall leaves or green grass that weren't there. It can be equal parts neat and unsettling. We described it as "blurring the line between which of your memories are real and which are not." The results are convincing enough that Google recently began watermarking them as AI-generated. The Google Photos update also adds a new AI Enhance feature. As The Verge notes, selecting it produces three edits. (It generates them with existing tweaks like sharpening and object removal.) Then, you pick the result you like best. The new AI Enhance feature sits in the Edit menu, alongside the app's existing Enhance and Dynamic buttons. Google also made it easier to share albums. You can now generate a QR code linking to your album. Let a friend scan it directly, or print it out in a group setting. The redesigned editor arrives on Android devices in June. Google says the iOS version will follow "later this year."
Time of India
3 days ago
- Time of India
Google Photos redesigns Editor with AI features for 10th Birthday
Google Photos is rolling out a major editor overhaul that brings Pixel 9-exclusive AI features to Android devices worldwide, marking the photo storage app 's 10th anniversary. The redesigned editor consolidates Google's AI editing tools into a single interface, featuring the previously Pixel-exclusive Auto Frame and Reimagine functions. Auto Frame uses generative AI to suggest different compositions and fill blank spaces when cropping or widening images, while Reimagine allows users to add elements to photos through text descriptions. The update introduces AI Enhance, which automatically combines multiple effects like image sharpening and object removal to produce three editing variations. Users can also tap specific areas of images to receive targeted editing suggestions, with contextual tools appearing for selected objects or backgrounds. The interface redesign replaces the previous double-tiered menu system with three thumbnail options: Enhance, Dynamic, and the new AI Enhance feature. Controls for aspect ratio, flip, and rotate functions have been relocated above images for easier access. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo Photos is also introducing QR code sharing for albums, enabling instant access for group events like weddings without traditional sharing permissions. Users can generate scannable codes that allow others to view or contribute photos directly. Google says that 1.5 billion people use Photos monthly, with over 9 trillion photos and videos stored on the platform. Users perform 370 million searches, share 440 million memories, and edit 210 million photos each month. The redesigned editor will begin rolling out globally to Android devices next month, with iOS support following later this year. The QR code sharing feature is already deploying to users worldwide.
Vogue Singapore
4 days ago
- Vogue Singapore
A day in the life of Vogue Singapore's social media fiend—using Apple's iPhone Mirroring function
It's a love-hate relationship that I share with my mobile device. Perhaps this doesn't apply to most folks out there, but the day-to-day job is heavy on the social media front. That means toggling between different apps on my iPhone 15 Pro—think Instagram, Photos, Safari and sometimes TikTok—to tick a checkbox off the day's list. In sum, several hours of the job is spent on the handheld, pocket device—the same one I use to access some personal sources of joy, be it daily updates of the webtoons I read or news of my favourite K-pop groups on X. Apple's already prevalent Continuity features are plenty useful as it is. When I'm on the go, Instant Hotspot automatically kicks in, enabling a swift transition to my iPad Air when I'm on the train. For someone who does her writing everywhere, the Universal Clipboard is a godsend in itself. Of course, the ecosystem allows my Notes app to be synced up across all three main devices: my iPhone, my iPad and the iMac I use at work. But it's really iPhone Mirroring—one of the latest in its long line of Continuity features—which is the real game changer for this digital nomad. 10am : I arrive at the office and make sure the set-up I put in place from the previous evening is all in order. That means both my devices—the iMac at my work desk and my iPhone 15 Pro—have been updated to the latest MacOS Sequoia and iOS 18 respectively. The iPhone Mirroring app now appears in my Dock and I can connect the two devices as long as both Wi-fi and Bluetooth are enabled. A few clicks later and I'm in. This feels like Inception , only instead of dreams, it's a screen within a screen. iPhone Mirroring appears in the Dock with the new MacOS updates. Courtesy of Apple 11am : I'm taking my time to get used to the flow of things. Every time I've got the urge to look at my phone, I realise I don't have to lift a finger. One click and the iPhone Mirroring app reconnects me to my mobile on my iMac screen. I'm still playing around with the size of the screen on my mega-sized iMac screen. The bigger, the better for me, and that can be arranged with ease in the View settings. 12pm : It's time to prepare the second social media posting for Vogue Singapore's Instagram. It's the Cannes Film Festival season, and we're doing a red carpet round-up for the premiere of Paul Mescal's History of Sound . A video of his current beau—Gracie Abrams—is the opener to a carousel of images. With my caption done and images procured from the Internet, it's time to port everything over to my mobile. This usually involves a combination of Airdrop and texting captions to myself. Instead, all I have to do is drag and drop my media from my iMac into my iPhone directly, access Instagram from the Mirroring app, and upload the post as if I was holding my phone right in front of me. Technically, my mobile is right in front of me. There just hasn't been any need for shifting devices, or any seconds wasted in unlocking my phone to Airdrop images. Time is of the essence, and the app gets it. 230pm : We're done with lunch and back at our desks. I notice my mobile is in need of a charge, so I plug it in at our desk's main charging area and let my iPhone rest behind my screen. Soon enough, someone brings up the office's returning question of the day: 'Are we getting coffee?' It's a resounding yes, and it falls on me—the one with a Grab Unlimited account—to get an order going. I swipe to the Grab app on my Mirroring app and start a group order to send to the group chat. No need for any unplugging my phone from the charging cord, or any of that messy business. With a whole ten-metre radius for the Mirroring app to function, I can rest easy knowing I could be charging my mobile on the other side of the room and still interact with my phone from my work desk. Courtesy of Apple 4pm: I get a notification—from my iPhone, but on my desktop—from my language learning tutoring app, Preply. It's my Korean language teacher requesting to change our lesson timings for the upcoming week. I access iPhone Mirroring, switch language keyboards and seamlessly reply to her in Korean. 5pm : I'm accessing X via iPhone Mirroring. I don't usually like looking at the app from my Mac desktop because the screen feels too big and I would prefer for my K-pop shenanigans to not be displayed to the whole office behind me. With iPhone Mirroring barely taking up a sixth of my iMac screen, it's a comfortable size to be checking out what the latest fandom updates are. 6pm: Am preparing for another post that will go up in the next hour or so—when I'm on the way home. Since I'll be posting it on-the-go, I'm dropping the images into my mobile, and making sure my Notes app is synced up so that my caption will be easily accessible on my Notes app at 7pm later. 7pm: I've logged off and left the office, and am using my physical iPhone again. I've just uploaded the Instagram post, and can now do some of the more personal to-dos I've been delaying for a while now. I open my Photos app and use Apple Intelligence to organise a Memory Movie of old photos with Kitty, my feline companion—from selfies to photos of when she was still a kitten. Using Apple Intelligence to create a Memory Movie. A new Memory Movie of my cat. Learn more about Apple Intelligence here and Apple's Continuity features here.
