The two standout AI photo-editing tools are called “Reimagine” and “Auto Frame” — both were first featured on the Pixel 9, which was released last summer.
With Reimagine, you’ll be able to open a photo in Google Photos and, via a text box, you’ll be able to write what you want to change about the background or specific objects in the photo. Once written and submitted, it’ll use generative AI to edit (or “reimagine”) that photo as you described.
In Google’s presentation, the Reimagine tool is used to transform a sidewalk in the background into “piles of freshly fallen leaves” in one photo, while also changing a cloudy sky background into “clear blue skies” in another photo.
With Auto Frame, the photo editor tool uses generative AI to automatically crop, expand, rotate and realign a specific photo. When “expanding” the photo, it essentially fills in the blanks to make it appear as if it were a completely new photo.
In addition to these AI photo-editing tools, Google is updating the interface of Google Photos and introducing a new way of sharing photo albums — you’ll be able to generate a QR code and then share that with people so that they can view or add to a specific photo album.
