If there is a popular service that acts as both a cloud to upload our photos and a gallery, it is Google Photos. The Google application has a thousand and one secrets: a private folder to hide sensitive photos, a complete editor to retouch our images, among others. Not to mention artificial intelligence functions such as Magic Editor and Eraserfeatures that have undoubtedly boosted Google Photos downloads.
These have reached the whopping sum of 10 billion on the Play Store. It is quite natural that it attracts users. As we said a year ago, Google Photos is going to change forever with AI, and that’s it. If you haven’t tried it yet, we encourage you to do so and if you are still not interested, Take a look at all these seemingly magical features available on your Android mobile..
The Magic Eraser to remove remaining elements
In the case of magic eraseris a function that has been present for some time in Google Pixel, the mobile phones of the search giant. Over time, it has been opened, it has now reached all Android phones, losing the Google exclusivity. Do you want to delete the people who participated in the photos of the trip? So you can do it.
- Open Google Photos on your smartphone and select the desired photo.
- Tap the “Edit” icon that appears in the bottom menu.
- Then scroll down to “Tools” mode.
- Select “Magic Eraser”
- The application will analyze the image to determine which subjects we can remove.
- You can choose to eliminate people marked in white, or on the contrary, surround a group by drawing a circle.
- You will see the process live. When you get the desired result, press “Done”.
- You can save the new image as a copy or continue editing it.
The Magic Editor also has its magic
If the Eraser allows you to erase, the Editor allows you to… Google Photos beautify your photos easily. It was exclusive to the latest Pixels and is now extending to older ones as well as some Samsung phones. Checking if you already have it available is very simple.
You will see a notice in the bottom menu of the Android app, and then you will need to download the plugin to use it. Of course: it has some limitations if your Google account is not subscribed to Google One plans. Now, what is this Magic Editor? Let’s first see how to access:
- Same path as before: open the Google Photos app and an image we want to edit.
- Then you have to press “Edit” and being in the first section “Suggestions” you will see the following icon. Press it to enter.
- You will see some functions or others related to the chosen image. The function recognizes the scene to adapt the characteristics it makes available.
- When you are done, if you like the result, press the button at the bottom right, the “Ok” button.
Magic Editor features vary depending on the subject and the shot. For example, when facing a portrait you will choose to blur the background and brighten the person’s face; If we see a landscape with a sky, it will offer to change this last element, thus offering us various options; It also includes the Magic Eraser, with an additional depth point, if some elements bother you.
That there is nothing in the photo that I consider editable? Continue to complete the styling task: you will see a message with the text “Stylized” after the correction has been applied. The truth is that it is a very useful function (or rather should we say a group of functions), we recognize that it has saved us on more than one occasion. In others, it returns more creative results.
The negative point is the usage limit. Unless you pay for Google One, you can use these features with ten free editions per month. $9.99 is the price of Google’s Premium plan, which is worth it if you also need more storage for your account.
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