Android users can finally access the upgraded Google Photos video editor and it’s more than 30 new editing tools. The new features were announced in February and first launched on iOS, and they are rolling out to Android users starting today.
Unlike some of Other recent Google Photos feature updates, the new video editor is available for free; no Google One subscription required. It is also available for both Pixel and non-Pixel Android devices. It is being rolled out via a server side update and should be available to most users soon, but may take longer to show on some devices.
To get started with these new tools, open a video in Google Photos and tap it “Edit” icon at the bottom of the screen to load the in-app editor.
The new interface divides the available editing tools into four categories that can be selected from the bottom menu:
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- Video: Shorten the length of your video, mute audio, apply stabilization and export individual frames as image files.
- Crop: Includes crop, rotate, and horizontal adjustment tools.
- To adjust: Adjust your brightness, contrast, white point, warmth, hue, skin tone, vignette and more.
- Filters: Apply the Google Photo image filters to your video footage.
- More: Includes a “Markup” tool you can use to draw or write over your clips.
YOU can ttry as much as you want with the new settings. Edited clips are saved as a new file and your changes will not affect the original raw footage.
The update makes Google Photos much better for editing video, but it still lacks a few common features on both Android and iOS that prevent the app from being a comprehensive post-production tool, such as combining multiple shots into a single video, adding it of transitions, or apply your own audio to clips while editing. Still, the new controls are a huge upgrade over the previous version of Google Photos video editing tools, which could only trim, rotate, and stabilize your footage.