Summary
- Google Photos adds conversational editing on Android in US – voice or text edits via ‘Help me edit’.
- Tap the revamped editor’s ‘Help me edit’ and Gemini AI applies edits and offers alternate suggestions.
- Beyond tweaks, Gemini can create playful edits (like an alpaca with a Waikiki cocktail).
Learning the ins and outs of editing can help you transform good photos into great photos, but not everyone has spent the time gathering those skills. Google is always trying to make it easier for people to make their photos shine, and now there’s a new conversational way to do it.
Google has announced that conversational editing is coming to the Google Photos app on Android, starting with users in the US. This means you can skip swiping through Google’s many editing tools and filters and simply tell Google Photos what you want. This works either with your voice or text, as well.
To use this feature, you’ll simply tap the “Help me edit” button on the newly revamped photo editor screen. From there, you can describe the changes you want, and Gemini AI will make it happen. The examples below show off restoring an old photo and removing glare from a photo. There are also suggestions for different results after the edits have been made, and you have the ability to say “make it better” to have Gemini take another swing at it.
It should be mentioned that this can be used for a lot more than adjusting lighting or removing elements from a scene. The example Google gives is taking a photo of an alpaca and making it look like it’s drinking a cocktail in Waikiki. You really have a lot of freedom to do just about anything to the photo without having to tweak sliders and carefully outline figures to remove the background. The “Help me edit” features were first available on the Pixel 10 series, but they’re rolling out to all Android users starting today.