Overview
- Google, which announced the update Monday, began a gradual global rollout in the Photos app for Android.
- Users tap a detected face to open tools like Heal, Smooth, Under eyes, Irises, Teeth, Eyebrows, and Lips, then set the effect strength with an intensity slider.
- The features require Android 9.0 or later and at least 4GB of RAM, which excludes many older or budget phones.
- The new tools join Google Photos’ AI suite, while Magic Editor still limits standard Android and iOS users to 10 saves per month unless they use a Pixel or a Google One 2TB plan.
- Coverage notes research on body image harms from easy retouching, and Google stresses the edits are designed to look natural rather than dramatically change a face.