Google announced in February that it was adding new video editing tools to its Photos app, but those updates only appeared on iOS devices at first. Now, according to Android police, Google implements the same tools for Android users.
The new editing tools allow users to apply more detailed edits to videos, such as brightness, contrast, saturation and warmth. There are more than 30 checks in total nowincluding cropping, stabilizing, adding filters, changing perspective.
Even better news, the update appears to be a server-side update, so every Android user should eventually receive the upgrade, not just Pixel owners. If the update didn’t reach your phone automatically, you should be able to search the Google Photos app in the Google Play Store and update it from there. The update showed up for us when we checked a Samsung Galaxy Note 9, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 5G and a Pixel 3a XL.
While these new video editing tools are free, many of the new photo editing tools that come with the update are not. Google One subscribers only gains access to more advanced features on Pixel phones, such as Portrait blur, Portrait light, and Dynamic suggestions. (And you need Android 8.0 or higher to open them.) Blur and Color Pop are still available to everyone.
Those photo editing tools haven’t made their way to iOS yet, even for the latest version of iOS. (We confirmed on an iPhone 12.)
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In addition, from June 1, all high-quality photos and videos that you upload to your Google Drive will count towards your storage space. The ones you uploaded before that cut-off will not count towards your limit. Google One plans start at $ 3 a month or $ 30 a year for 200 GB, which isn’t too bad considering you only get 15 GB for free to start. And if you’re backing up your photos to a local, secondary drive, you don’t need to upgrade unless you care about the editing tools behind the paywall.