TL; DR
- Google has announced new facial touch tools for Photos.
- The tools can adjust various aspects of the face, such as smoothing the skin, removing blemishes, brightening the eyes and whitening the teeth.
- They are gradually rolling out globally on Android devices with 4GB of RAM and Android 9 or later.
Google has an interesting way of marketing its latest Photos editing feature. The company announcing its new facial touch-up tools says your photos “should reflect how you feel right now” – which may come as a surprise to traditionalists who think a photo should show what you actually look like. Either way, Google is officially rolling out quick retouch options for faces in Google Photos on Android.
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in the year blog post announcementGoogle says the new tools let you apply “subtle enhancements” that refine skin texture, remove blemishes, brighten eyes or whiten teeth. You simply touch the face in the photo, choose from options like heal, smooth, under eye, iris, teeth, eyebrow or lip, and then adjust the intensity to your liking.
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This feature is long overdue. Come back in Octoberwe’ve seen lines of code pointing to the Face retouch tool in Google Photos, and tags referring to things like acne, blemishes, dark circles, and teeth whitening. Then we made it in December enable the function we got our first look at the Touch Up interface, which includes custom controls for features like undereyes, irises, teeth, eyebrows, and lips. The video above shows how the tool worked then.
Google says touch tools are gradually rolling out globally to the Google Photos app for Android devices with at least 4GB of RAM and Android 9 or later. Whether you want your photos to reflect reality or your mood at that moment is entirely your call.
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