There is no Google application I like more than Google Photos, it seems like a complete success to me with all its functions. As a gallery, as a backup system, Perfect for taking all my photos anywhere and even to edit them before sharing. And for all the potential of Google’s AI: what they’ve achieved in the Google Pixel 8 Pro is staggering.

I’m currently in the process of analyzing the Pixel 8, the smallest of the newest phone family. Even though I have a Pixel 8 Pro, they both offer a very similar service without being overly different in terms of hardware. There isn’t much in the software either; beyond it Pro natively includes Gemini AI. Of course, the magic editor works on both; A photography tool worthy of its name.

The magic organizer does not disappoint: creates real magic

Google Photos Magic Editor on Pixel 8 Pro

Both the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro include the magic editor in Google Photos’ editing options, with no real difference in their speed, effectiveness, or number of tools included. Almost like having a private ChatGPTbut it has the advantage that the images themselves can be changed at will.

With the magic editor mentioned above, you can retouch photos, then apply bokeh, allow you to crop, resize, and even edit any element of the image. render the background completelyLike ChatGPT. In my opinion, only one text box is needed to tell the magic editor what the background of the cut should be and Google will complete the tool. Despite this shortcoming, it’s one of my favorite features of the Google Pixel 8 Pro (and the Pixel 8 or Samsung Galaxy S24 that have this feature).

When you open any image in the gallery, the little magic editor icon appears in the bottom right, so when you click it you can access the tool’s options. There aren’t too many of these and they look really simple. power is in action: Can run automatically (magic wand) with random operation or forced into manual mode.

The magic editor will surround the element of the image you want to change, cutting it out from the background with almost complete perfection, even in areas where the outlines and background are blurred. Once the area is highlighted, can be moved to any part of the image, enlargedshrink it down and let Google’s AI invent the background. The limit is your imagination, in a few steps the image can completely change.

Select, crop and resize with background rendering

Once I learned the framing, cropping, resizing and repositioning mechanisms, I was able to rearrange group photos to remove other people by putting myself in the center and without visible seams, For example. Without the tiny touchscreen, everything on the phone becomes cumbersome when editing: one of its advantages is that the magic editor is extremely simple. I can do things that require a lot of work using Photoshop on the computer, in less than a minute on my mobile phone.

Artificial intelligence perfectly integrated into the photo app

The magic editor adjusted the resizing very well by framing the background and the rest of the image

The magic eraser that Google introduced in the Pixel 6 was well and truly made magic. With this change and even more artificial intelligence spiced up, magic editor reaches wizarding levels: Using Artificial Intelligence, you can completely change the photo without noticing the over-editing. Great.

I would buy it if the Google Pixel 8 Pro didn’t have this feature: The magic editor for enhancing images that can’t turn out due to a particular moment, scene, or bad luck seems brutal to me. Equal opens the door to artistic creationJust use your imagination and plan post-production before taking the photo. Acting like you’re keeping a building standing? I prepare the image to appear in front of the building in question, and with the magic editor I crop and resize until I get the result I want. The result is real magic.

Magic organizer is one of the tools that can sell a phone. Or a few, where Google put it in two Pixel 8s and also gave it three Samsung Galaxy S24s. In all cases the results are the same, only execution time changes depending on whether the mobile phone has local access to the Gemini Nano. And it’s very worth a try.

Cover image | DALL-E 3 edited on ChatGPT

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