X has a slightly more functional photo editor now

X is rolling out an update to its in-app photo editor that gives users the ability to edit photos with xAI’s Grok, blur faces, and overlay text on images. The new editing features, particularly adding text-based edits via an AI assistant, bring it much closer to the capabilities of dedicated photo apps like Google Photos.

As part of the update, users can ask Grok to edit a photo by simply typing what they want to see. The example video shared by Nikita Bier, product manager at The feature is similar to “conversational editing” that Google added to Google Photos in September 2025, where users can ask Gemini to adjust an image’s background or make other edits. X’s new editor also includes tools for blurring or removing parts of an image, drawing on images, and overlaying text.

X used to take a much freer approach to editing photos with Grok, allowing any user to respond to a post by tagging the AI ​​assistant and requesting an edit. After users reportedly generated millions of sexualized images using the feature, including some images of children,

xAI, the parent company of X is also under investigation in the European Union following similar reports that its platform was used to create non-consensual sexual images.

X’s updated photo editor is now available on iOS and will be coming to Android “soon”, according to the company.