Google Photos lets iPhone users edit images by describing changes

Google is rolling out several AI updates to its Google Photos app, including iOS support for conversational edits, more precise facial editing, and new AI tools. This means that the “Help me edit” feature that lets you describe how you want Google’s AI to edit your photos will be available to iPhone users, after its release on Pixel and other Android devices.

“Starting with the iOS US rollout, you can simply describe the changes you want using your voice or text and watch Google Photos bring your vision to life,” Google said in its announcement blog. This update also brings the redesigned Editor UI for Google Photos to iPhones, making it easier to adjust images with simple gestures and one-click suggestions.

The new custom editing features should make changing something about you or your friends’ faces – like removing glasses, opening blinking eyes or inserting a smile – more precise by referencing images in your private face groups. Google’s Nano Banana AI model is also integrated with Google Photos, giving users more options for transforming images into new styles like paintings, mosaics, and illustrations.

Other updates include a new “Ask” button for Android and iOS users, which launches a chatbot-style interface for editing images and answering questions about their content, as well as ready-to-use AI models for Android users that let you instantly edit photos using popular prompts, such as “put me in a high fashion photoshoot.” The “Request Photos” tool that makes it easier to find specific images in your gallery is also expanding to over 100 new regions and 17 new languages.