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by Michelle Brändle
AI functions in "Google Photos" soon to be freely accessible to all
11.4.2024
Translation: machine translated
If you use the "Google Photos" app on your smartphone, you will be able to access AI functions such as the Magic Editor or Magic Eraser - without having to pay for them.
If you want to edit your photos on your smartphone quickly and easily, you can use the Google Photos app to access artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help you. Until now, this was only free for those with a Google Pixel phone. Everyone else had to purchase a Google One subscription of around two francs or euros per month.
From 15 May 2024, Google will be rolling out a generally free version of its AI photo tools. This explicitly concerns the following functions:
- Magic eraser: removes objects from images
- Sharpen: sharpens blurred photos afterwards
- Portrait lighting: improves the exposure of selfies
Google's AI functions have been available since the release of the Google Pixel 8 as an aid exclusively for those devices. Among other things, I tried out the Magic Editor and the Magic Eraser back then:
The previously exclusive AI tools will now be available to all users of the Google Photos app. All you need is a smartphone with at least Android 8 or iOS 15 and three gigabytes of RAM.
Source: Michelle Brändle
The Magic Editor is also one of the free functions. Unlike the three mentioned above, however, it can only be used to a limited extent. You can edit up to ten images per month with it before you have to purchase a Google One subscription for ten francs or euros. Exception: The limit does not apply to Pixel smartphones from Google. And you need even better hardware than for the other functions: Four gigabytes of RAM and a 64-bit chipset.
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