Google Photos adds Redact tool for privacy

Google Photos is enhancing its editing capabilities with new AI-powered features designed to improve user privacy and creative control. A notable addition is the 'Redact' tool, integrated into the upgraded Markup feature, which enables users to pixelate or blur specific sections of an image, such as license plates.

The Markup feature itself has received upgrades, now offering new fonts and precise thickness sliders for pens and highlighters, all of which are currently rolling out to Google Photos users on Android globally.

Further enhancing the app's utility, the Wardrobe feature is expanding its availability to Android and iOS users in the US, India, and Brazil. This tool allows users to create a digital catalog of their clothing and jewelry from existing photos, providing styling suggestions.

Google is also refining the integration of Photos with Gemini, offering advanced editing capabilities for AI Pro or Ultra subscribers in the US. For Android users, the 'Moods' feature will provide vintage-inspired filters. Additionally, new Remix templates are being introduced on both Android and iOS platforms in select regions, enabling users to create personalized images.