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 app has a thousand secrets: a special folder to hide sensitive photos, a complete editor to retouch our images and much more. Not to mention its artificial intelligence functions. Editor and Magic Eraserfeatures that undoubtedly increase Google Photos downloads.

These have reached 10,000 million on the Play Store. It is natural that users are interested. As we said a year ago, Google Photos will change forever with artificial intelligence and we have done it. If you haven’t tried it yet, we recommend you do, and if you are still not interested, Take a look at all these functions that seem like magic and are available on your Android mobile phone.

Magic Eraser that removes leftover items

In the case of magic eraseris a function that has been present for some time on the Google Pixel mobile phones of the search giant. Over time, it has opened up, now reaching all Android phones and Google has lost its privileges. Do you want to delete the people who entered your travel photos? So you can do it.

• Open Google Photos on your smartphone and select the photo you want.
• Tap on the “Edit” icon that appears in the bottom menu.
• Then go to “Tools” mode.
• Select “Magic Eraser”
• The app will analyze the image to identify topics that we can delete.

• We 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. Tap “Done” when you get the result you want.
• You can save the new image as a copy or continue editing it.

Magic Editor has its own magic too

If Eraser allows erasing, Editor also allows it… Google Photos Make your photos beautiful It was exclusive to the latest Pixels and is now rolling out to the oldest Pixels along with some Samsung phones. It’s very easy to check if it’s already available.

You will see a notification in the bottom menu of the Android app and then download plugin to use it. Of course: it has certain limits if your Google account is not subscribed to Google One plans. Now, what does this Magic Editor include? First, let’s see how to access it:

• Same way as before: open the Google Photos application and the image we want to edit.
• You then need to tap on “Edit” and in the first “Suggestions” section you will see the following icon. Tap on it to enter.

• You will see some function or other related to the selected image. The function recognizes the scene to adapt the features it offers.
• When you’re finished and you like the result, tap the “Done” button in the bottom right.

Magic Editor features may vary depending on the subject and the shooting of the photo. For example, when faced with a portrait, you will choose to blur the background and lighten the person’s face; if a landscape with sky is seen, it will propose to change this last element and offer us several options; It also includes the Magic Eraser, which offers one more point of depth if certain elements bother you.

You will see a message with the text: There is nothing in the photo that I think is editable? Continue to complete the styling task “Stylized” After applying the correction. The truth is that it is a very useful function (or rather we should say group of functions), we know that it has saved us on more than one occasion. In others it gives more creative results.

The negative point is usage limit. You can use these features for free with ten free versions per month, unless you pay for Google One. €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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