Make creations with Google Photos

Important: You can’t speed up or slow down your animation. 

You can create a slideshow of your selected photos and videos.

1. On your Android device, open the Google Photos app .
2. At the bottom, tap Create Animation.
3. Select the photos you want in your animation.
4. At the top, tap Create.

1. On your Android device, open the Google Photos app .
2. At the bottom, tap Create Highlight video.
3. Browse through templates for different themes and narratives.
   • Templates are pre-packaged videos that already come with music, text, and beat-matching.
4. When you find the template you want to use for your video, tap Use template.
5. Select your photos or videos. You can do so in 2 ways:
   • Manually select the best photos or videos from your gallery based on the story you want to tell.
   • To use the assisted content selection for template, tap Help me select . It’ll automatically select the content you want to include in your video.
     • With Search: In the Search box, type a few words about the people, places, themes, or dates to include in your highlight video. For example, "Birthday," "Museum," or "Japan."
     • With suggested people, places, and time frames: From the suggested items, select "Who," "Where," "When," and more.
6. At the top right, tap Next.
7. Review your video.
   • Based on the story you want to create, you can customize your video by changing the clips, music, or text.
8. When you’re done, tap Save.
9. To watch your highlight video, tap Play or wait to be notified when the highlight video is ready.

Tip: If you don’t see the people or time frame you would like in the suggestions, tap Add person or Date range .

1. On your Android device, open the Google Photos app .
2. At the bottom, tap Create Highlight video.
3. At the top, tap Select content.
   • To automatically select the content to make a video, use the assisted content selection.
     • With Search: In the Search box, type a few words about the people, places, themes, or dates to include in your highlight video. For example, "Birthday," "Museum," or "Japan."
     • With suggested people, places, and time frames: From the suggested items, select "Who," "Where," "When," and more.
   • To manually select the best photos or videos from your gallery based on the story you want to tell, tap or choose specific photos & videos .
4. Tap Create video.
   • If you manually select the content, tap Next.
5. Review your video.
   • Based on the story you want to create, you can customize your video by changing the clips, music, or text.
6. When you’re done, tap Save.
7. To watch your highlight video, tap Play or wait to be notified when the highlight video is ready.

Tip: If you don’t see the people or time frame you would like in the suggestions, tap Add person or Date range .

Important:

• To add downloaded music to your video, allow music and audio access for the Google Photos app from Settings.
• Any music accompanying content is for personal, non-commercial use only. Using this music for monetary gain is strictly prohibited and violates our policies. Learn more about the policy for use of music.

1. On your Android device, open the Google Photos app .
2. To access Highlight video:
   • Through the Create Tab: At the bottom, tap Create Highlight video.
   • Through the Photo Grid:
     1. Select the multiple photos or videos you want to include in the highlight video.
     2. Tap Create Highlight video.​​​​
3. Open the highlight video you want to edit.
4. Tap Edit .
   • To resize the video to a different aspect ratio: Tap Aspect ratio Done .
   • To adjust your video:
     1. Tap Adjust .
     2. Select the type of effect you want to apply to your video and move the dial to make changes.
     3. When you’re finished, tap Done .
     4. To undo an adjustment, deselect the option or tap Cancel .
   • To add music: Tap Add Music .
     1. Alternatively, tap Add Add Music .
        • To change the section of the song you want to use: Tap Section .
        • To change the volume of "Video audio" and "Soundtrack:"
          1. Tap Volume .
          2. Touch and hold, then drag the trim handles.
          3. Tap Done .
        • To change the song you want to use: Tap Change .
        • To remove the song from your video: Tap Remove .
   • To add text to the video: Tap Add text .
   • To add more photos and videos to your highlight video: Tap Add photos & videos .
   • To reorder clips: Tap and hold a clip to drag it to a different order.
   • To remove clips: Tap the clip you want to remove Remove .
5. When you're done, tap Save.

Tips:

• Learn more about how to edit your videos.
• The selected music segment will have the same duration as that of the video.
  • If the video is 10 seconds long, the music segment will also be 10 seconds long.

• If you delete a photo or video from your Photos view, it won't be deleted from your saved highlight videos.
• If you want to delete the item from your highlight video as well, open the editor. When you open the highlight video editor, the deleted item automatically gets removed from your highlight video.

Learn how to delete photos or videos.

Use Generative AI to transform your photos

You can transform your photos with Generative AI through Photo to video, Remix, and Create with AI. These features may give unexpected or inaccurate results. When you leave feedback, you can help improve Photo to video, Remix, and Create with AI for everyone.

Eligibility

• You must be at least 13 years old.
  • Create with AI is only available to users 18 years old and over.
• You need a personal Google Account. These features aren’t available to Google Workspace or school accounts.

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You agree that your use of Photo to video, Remix, and Create with AI are subject to the Google Terms of Service and the Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy.