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Android Authority
5 days ago
- Android Authority
Samsung's AI photo editor now lets you fake DSLR shots with a tap
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has updated its Galaxy Enhance-X photo app with two new AI features. As well as better upscaling, Focus Shift blurs the background to mimic DSLR-style shallow depth of field. The update is exclusive to Samsung phones running One UI 8. Samsung is finally widening the rollout of One UI 8, and the manufacturer is now giving you another reason to want it. A new update to the Galaxy Enhance-X app — Samsung's AI-powered photo editor — adds two cool features that are exclusive to devices running One UI 8. According to SamMobile, version 16.0.01.8 of Galaxy Enhance-X introduces 'Focus Shift' and 'Crop & Upscale,' which both use AI to enhance your photos. Focus Shift lets you tap anywhere on a photo to bring that area into sharper focus while blurring the rest, mimicking the depth-of-field look of a DSLR. It's a natural fit for portraits or product shots. Crop & Upscale uses AI to increase photo resolution by up to 5x, which should be handy for zooming in or cleaning up older, lower-quality images. While Enhance-X already offered some upscaling, this new version adds more control, with resolution presets from 1x to 5x. Originally launched in 2022, Enhance-X also includes tools for removing blur and reflections, reducing moire, and brightening low-light shots. These new additions aim to push the app closer to being a true one-tap pro editor. Follow
Forbes
11-06-2025
- Forbes
Google Photos Gives New AI Photo Editor To All—And It's A Genius Move
Google is about to serve up a brand-new AI-powered photo editor that's for everyone, not just Pixel owners. The new Google Photos editor, rolling out soon, comes with a radically redesigned interface, automatically suggests edits for you and can apply them with just one tap The new editor was first revealed at the end of last month as part of Google Photos' 10th anniversary. However, Google has today given us a better look at what it can do, as part of the recent June 2025 Pixel Drop, which adds 15 new or updated features to the Pixel range. However, the latest Google Photos editor isn't just for Pixels — it's also coming to other Android devices and iOS. Google's brand new interface design brings the most obvious change to the editor: As shown in the image above, the new editor (right) shows a larger version of the picture you're editing, with graphical tiles below. These are labeled Enhance, Dynamic and AI Enhance. The Auto Frame feature is available directly via a button located near the top of the screen, along with crop, flip, and rotate options, all accessible without needing to delve into menus or swipe through carousels of options. However, the most powerful additions emerge when you start editing your picture. You can simply tap, circle, or brush your finger over the part of the picture you want to edit, and Google Photos will suggest the most appropriate edits based on your selection. In Google's demonstration, for example, tapping on a person in the image automatically selects both featured people before surfacing a contextual menu of editing options with the most likely desired tool placed at the top. These include Focus, Add light, Sharpen, and generative tools like Move and Reimagine. Tapping on Focus then automatically blurs the background to make the subject stand out. A second example illustrates how tapping on a distant person, incidentally captured in the background, triggers a similar selection of tools; however, this time, Erase, Move, and Reimagine are the suggested edits. Tapping on erase then removes the distracting person from the image, filling in the background automatically. Google's new photo editor brings what were once exclusive Pixel features to a much broader audience and also stands in direct competition to the iPhone's Apple Intelligence features and Samsung's Galaxy AI. Google's cloud-first AI functions can run on older and less powerful hardware, dating back to Android 8, not just modern flagships. However, it does note that features and results may vary by device and region. Some AI-powered features also require users to be at least 18 years old. Apple, Samsung and Google all use new AI functions as a way to sell you an expensive new phone, but with billions of active users, Google Photos can afford to take a different approach. Google Photos is a significant funnel for paid Google One subscriptions and a substantial source of potential training data that the company can use to improve its AI models. By giving away its best photo software, Google is counting on hooking users into trusting the company with a lifetime of memories, transferring brand loyalty away from the particular device in their hands and toward Google Photos. Follow @paul_monckton on Instagram.
CNET
29-05-2025
- Business
- CNET
Google Photos Is Getting an Editor Overhaul and New Sharing Features for Its 10th Birthday
Google Photos is 10 years old, and the search giant celebrated the milestone with a blog post announcing new features on the way and some tips to get the most out of your Photos experience. Previous Pixel 9-exclusive features will soon be headed to more devices and be easier to find in the app. This includes Auto Frame, which extends the background of a photo, and Reimagine, which regenerates a selected portion of a photo with just a text prompt. But the biggest announcement is that the photo editor itself is getting a huge redesign. The new editor looks more streamlined and falls in line with Material 3 Expressive, Google's new visual overhaul for Android 16 that's more colorful and animated. Google says Photos will get even smarter over time by, "pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, unlocking new ways to relive, connect and share memories." For more, don't miss Android 16's big visual redesign, which is available in the latest beta. Google toots its horn with Photos stats Over 10 years, Google Photos has gained a lot of traction. Over 1.5 billion people use the app or website every month. 9 trillion photos and videos have been stored through the service. Every month, Google says, 370 million searches are performed, 440 million memories are shared and 210 million photos are edited. An updated photo editor that's easier to use The upcoming photo editor redesign put all of the editing tools in the same place for easier access. Other features include new AI suggestions that will combine multiple effects at once to enhance your photos. Here's one of the new features in the Google Photos editor redesign Google The new photo editor will begin rolling out globally to Android users starting next month and iOS users later this year. For more, don't miss the latest on Project Astra that Google shared during its I/O conference earlier this month.
GSM Arena
29-05-2025
- Business
- GSM Arena
Google Photos celebrates 10 years with a new editor
Google Photos has turned ten years old, believe it or not. To celebrate the occasion, it's received some new features. First, a redesigned editor, which provides helpful suggestions (including AI suggestions that combine multiple effects). You can also tap an area of an image to only get suggestions for it. Reimagine and Auto frame are located alongside brightness and contrast controls. The new editor is rolling out globally next month on Android, with iOS following "later this year". New editor Next, you can share albums with QR codes, and create a personal montage to share, and even revisit the places you've been with the new Places feature found under the collections tab. All of your photos will be seen here geographically pinned on an interactive map. Search is better and you can ask exactly what you're looking for without worrying about using a keyword. Google notes that for best results you should always name the faces in your photos. The app also lets you remove items that are already backed up in order to free up space on your device. Google Photos will keep whipping up Best of Month and Year End Recaps automatically, and you can personalize what you see in your grid by letting the app stack similar pictures that were taken close together, or hide screenshots, GIFs and memes. Speaking of customization, you can hide specific people, pets, or dates, as well as choose between time-based or themed memories. Source
Android Authority
28-05-2025
- Business
- Android Authority
Google Photos celebrates turning 10 with a new and improved editor and easier album sharing
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is celebrating 10 years of Google Photos with a fresh look and new tools for the editor. You can now share entire albums instantly with people nearby with just a QR code. The rollout for the new photo editor begins next month for Android users, and iOS later this year. For a lot of people, Google Photos is where all their memories live in terms of cloud-based storage. With at least 15GB of space on the free tier, Google Photos is one of the better options available. And believe it or not, Google Photos has been around for an entire decade. Since a decade of Google Photos is quite a feat, Google is celebrating the milestone with a brand new look for the Google Photos editor. The redesigned editor has a more simplified interface that puts all of the editing tools in a single place along with helpful edit suggestions to get the perfect photo. In a single tap, you can select the subject, background, or any other part of the photo. With some help from AI, a menu containing several suggestions tailored for that particular area pops up, all designed to enhance that part of the image. Or if you want to edit the entire image, there are AI-powered suggestions that combine several effects for a quick and painless edit. There are also new tools like Reimagine and Auto frame, which originally made their debut with the Magic Editor in the Pixel 9 series. These new tools can be found with the other manual adjustment tools like brightness and contrast. Reimagine utilizes generative AI to make a scene more ideal (turn a gloomy overcast sky into a sunny one), and Auto frame helps achieve the proper crop. Ryan Haines / Android Authority Reimagine in Magic Editor Once you get those edits in, you'll likely want to share those results quickly with others. If those people happen to be nearby, you can now share entire albums faster by generating a QR code for people to scan. Once someone scans the code, they're able to view and even add photos to the album if needed. So when are we getting all these new goodies? We got an early look at that QR code sharing feature in an APK teardown last month, but it's now rolling out for all Google Photos users. For the redesigned Google Photos editor, however, it will begin landing on Android devices running Android 8 or newer in June, with iOS devices later this year. 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.
