About Google Photos features for Pixel devices

Important: This feature isn't available on tablets. It's only available on Pixel 8 and later.

To reduce unwanted sounds or to turn up sounds from videos, you can use Audio Magic Eraser on your Pixel phone.

1. On your Pixel phone, open the Google Photos app .
2. Tap on the video you want to edit.
3. At the bottom, tap Edit Audio Audio Eraser.
   • To have your phone automatically adjust the video for you: Tap Auto.
   • To manually adjust sounds:
     1. Tap a sound.
     2. Adjust the slider.
   • To adjust the volume of different speakers: Adjust the slider for each speaker.
4. At the bottom right, tap Save copy.

Tips:

• Before you save a video, you can test what it sounds like. On the video thumbnail, tap Play .
• Sound options depend on your video. Not all options are available at the same time.

Important: This feature is available on Pixel 8 and later.

If someone blinks or looks away in your group photos, Best Take blends similar photos into one photo where everyone looks their best. You can choose your favorite facial expressions and create your own Best Take.

To edit a photo using Best Take:

1. Open the Google Photos app .
2. Open a photo from a sequence of similar photos that includes one or more people.
3. At the bottom, tap Edit Actions Best Take.
   • Alternatively, you might need to tap Edit Tools Actions.
   • You can scroll through the categories at the bottom to find “Best Take.“
4. Tap on a face bubble to choose a different expression.
5. When you’re satisfied, tap Done .

Important:

• Some photos search capabilities aren’t available in all geographic regions, all domains, or for all account types.
• This feature is available on Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and Pixel 11 Pro Fold.

Use keywords to search your photos and videos directly from the search bar.

1. On your device's Home screen, swipe up to reveal a search bar.
2. Type a query to search for objects, locations or people in your photos.
3. Tap on a search result.

Learn more about how to search on your Pixel phone.

Disable Google Photos in Pixel search

1. On your device, open the Google Photos app .
2. At the top, tap your account Profile picture or Initials Photos settings.
3. Tap Apps & devices Google Photos access Pixel search.
4. Select Don’t allow.

Important:

• This feature is only available on Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold.
• This feature isn't available for images with resolution higher than 12.5 MP.

Zoom in on an existing photo to make the image more crisp and detailed.

1. On your Pixel device, open the Google Photos app .
2. Select the photo you want to edit.
3. At the bottom, tap Edit Actions Zoom Enhance.
   • Alternatively, you might need to tap Edit photo Tools Zoom Enhance.
   • You can scroll through the options to find “Zoom Enhance.”
4. Pinch out with 2 fingers to zoom in on a certain part of the photo that you’d like enhanced.
5. Tap Crop and enhance.
   • You can also use this feature without cropping your photo first. Just simply tap Enhance details.
6. To keep the enhanced photo, tap Save as copy.

Tip: To compare the enhanced and original images, tap and hold the photo.

Important: This feature is only available on Pixel 10 devices.

Auto Best Take requires both Pixel Camera and Google Photos. For group photos of 2 or more faces, with a single shutter tap, Pixel Camera may intelligently capture a burst of high-quality HDR+ images. Google Photos may also automatically create a new Best Take by merging everyone’s best facial expressions into a new image, where everyone looks their best.

To use Auto Best Take, turn on Top Shot and Auto Best Take in Camera settings. Learn how to get great photo with Top Shot and Auto Best Take.

Creator Suite helps reduce retakes, organize footage and get you to a rough cut quickly. To save your project, you must be signed in to Google Photos, with backup on and >10GB of storage available. Learn how to turn backup on.

Learn how to use Pixel Camera Creator Suite.

You can capture videos on your Pixel camera with better lighting, colors and details. Video Boost also enables Night Sight Video. To use Video Boost, the video must be backed up in Google Photos. Learn how to use Video Boost on your Pixel phone.

Important: This feature is only available on Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and Pixel 11 Pro Fold.

Magic Capture automatically captures the best photos and records a video while you stay in the moment. Auto edit applies subtle, automated adjustments to still shots, like crop or straighten. If Magic Capture auto edit is turned on in Camera settings, some auto edits are applied using Google Photos.

Disable auto edit in Pixel Camera

1. On your Pixel phone, open the Camera app .
2. At the bottom left, tap Settings .
3. Tap More Settings Magic Capture Auto edit.
4. Turn the toggle Off.

Learn how to use Magic Capture.