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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Google Photos is bringing emoji reactions to shared albums
Google Photos is not your ordinary image and video gallery app, especially considering the plethora of editing and AI features it offers. Over the past few weeks, we've seen evidence of video editor upgrades coming to the app, while Google has also broadly rolled out its revamped image editor interface announced back in May. We're now getting an early look at another upcoming feature of Google Photos. Courtesy of version 7.40.0.790840830 of Google Photos, app expert AssembleDebug enabled a "React" button for images and videos in shared albums. In its current form, users can react to photos or videos with the "Like" button. However, it looks like Google wants to make interactions a little more intuitive by introducing preset reactions (via Android Authority). Tapping the React button, which replaces the Like option, pulls up five commonly used emojis, including the existing red heart, a laughing face, a smiling face with heart-shaped eyes, a party popper, and clapping hands. We don't know if Google intends to expand the selection of emojis you can react with, so for the time being, these appear to be the only choices. Designed to make your interactions a touch better Current (left) vs upcoming Meanwhile, any reactions to the contents of the shared album will appear in the "Comments" section as individual comments. It's also worth noting that any photos you have liked in the past will continue to appear as before. New reactions will appear next to the user's profile image in the Comments window, as shown in the fourth image above. It's unclear whether this is intentional or something that will be modified when the feature is ready to roll out to the public. Hopefully, we won't have to wait too long to find out. In a separate development, Android Authority found that Google Photos also defaults to the yet-to-be-launched "Create" tab upon startup, which was revealed by Google a couple of weeks ago. This aligns with Google's announcement that it would roll out widely in August. Create will be home to multiple tools, including AI offerings like photo-to-video and the recently added Remix, which lets you transform your existing photos into sketches, anime, comics, or 3D animations. Google Photos Google LLC PHOTOGRAPHY Price: Free 4.4 Download
Android Authority
10-06-2025
- Android Authority
Google Photos will soon suggest advanced edits with a single tap
TL;DR Google has announced an overhauled image editor for Google Photos on Android. The redesigned editor lets you tap, brush, or circle a subject to get plenty of editing suggestions. Google says this overhauled editor is 'coming soon.' Google Photos offers a variety of powerful editing tools, and the Magic Editor tool even lets you tap, circle, or brush objects to select them for editing. Now, the company is upping the ante with an overhauled image editor. Google announced this redesigned image editor today, which still allows you to tap, circle, or brush on the subject or area you want to edit. From here, the app will recommend suggested one-tap edits for that specific subject or area. An official example shows that tapping on a bystander will prompt you to move, erase, or 'reimagine' them. That's broadly similar to the current Magic Editor options after you've selected a subject. However, tapping someone in the foreground yields far more editing suggestions, namely focus adjustments, sharpening, adding light, moving them, and reimagining them. These tools are available immediately after tapping the Edit button, making for a very convenient approach. Hitting the Edit button will also display a few more tools, namely an Auto Frame option (for image expansion or cropping), an aspect ratio tool, a rotate option, and a before/after comparison button. In any event, this seems like a very intuitive, powerful way to quickly edit specific subjects and areas in a picture. This would reduce the need to sift through menus to find your desired tool. Google says the new image editor is 'coming soon.' Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
