Google Photos Is Testing A Remix Tool To Give Your Pics An Artistic Twist
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Summary
- Google Photos is adding a new AI feature called Remix for transforming photos into different artwork styles.
- Users must have photos backed up in the cloud to use Remix, with options including claymation and anime styles.
- Remix uses GenAI and may launch soon, possibly announced at Google I/O 2025.
Processing and editing photos with AI has become the new norm. Every time you take a photo on your phone, a lot of AI-powered enhancements happen in the background to improve the image. And if there’s something you don’t like afterward, tools like Magic Editor let you remove or move unwanted objects with ease.
Google Photos already offers several post-processing AI tools, and now it looks like the company is preparing to launch a new AI feature that will let you convert your photos into different artwork styles.
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App researcher AssembleDebug (via Android Authority) discovered that Google is preparing to add a new feature to Google Photos that will allow users to transform their photos into various AI-generated artwork styles. The feature was spotted in the Google Photos version 7.29 and will reportedly be called “Remix” when it becomes available to users.
Your photos might get an AI-powered makeover in Google Photos
Source: Android Authority
To use Remix, your photos must be backed up to the cloud. Users will be able to choose from styles like claymation and anime, with more styles expected once the feature rolls out more broadly, according to the report. Using Remix appears to be quite simple: just tap the “+” button in the Google Photos app, select Remix, and then choose the desired art style.
A label will note that the feature uses experimental GenAI technology to generate the artwork. If you don’t like the first result, you’ll be able to regenerate it until you’re happy with it. Essentially, this tool will let you turn your photos into different artwork styles, including the Studio Ghibli art style, which recently went viral with the launch of ChatGPT’s new image generation tool.
Remix seems to be one of the new features Google has been working to bring to Google Photos. The company has been actively adding useful updates, including a new search bar for easier photo access and the ability to create Ultra HDR versions of older images.
There’s no official release date for the Remix feature yet, but since the code has been spotted in the Google Photos app source code, it likely won’t be long. With the Google I/O 2025 just a week away, there’s a good chance Google will showcase this feature on stage during the event.
