Google Photos Enhances AI Capabilities with New Video and Style Remix Features Now Rolling Out

Google Photos is significantly boosting its artificial intelligence toolkit, introducing innovative features designed to empower users with more creative control over their cherished memories. Among the key additions are an option to transform static photos into dynamic videos and a ‘remix’ function that allows users to apply various artistic styles, such as anime, comics, sketches, or 3D animations, to their images.

These new AI-powered functionalities, alongside existing creative tools, will be conveniently accessible through a new ‘Create’ tab within the Google Photos app. This centralized hub will also house tools for collages and highlight videos, streamlining the creative process for its massive user base, which exceeds 1.5 billion globally. The integration of advanced AI into such a widely used consumer service is set to democratize AI experimentation, making sophisticated tools available to a broader audience.

Google has indicated that these features are experimental, encouraging user feedback via a thumbs-up or thumbs-down system to refine the product. The photo-to-video capability, leveraging Google’s Veo 2 model, enables users to generate six-second video clips from their photos with simple prompts like ‘Subtle movements’ or ‘I’m feeling lucky’. This feature is currently rolling out to Android and iOS users in the U.S.

The ‘Remix’ feature, powered by Google’s Imagen AI model, allows instant stylistic transformations of any gallery photo. This functionality is expected to become available to U.S. users on Android and iOS in the coming weeks. Both new features will incorporate an invisible SynthID digital watermark to denote AI generation, a practice Google already employs for other AI-edited images. Generated videos will also feature a visible watermark, similar to those from Gemini. The comprehensive ‘Create’ tab is slated to launch in the U.S. in August, with Google committing to ongoing updates and refinements.

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