Google Photos adds a new AI ‘Video Remix’ tool
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Google Photos introduces a new AI-powered 'Video Remix' tool using Gemini Omni, enabling users to edit videos with cinematic effects and artistic styles effortlessly.
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Google Photos introduces a new AI-powered 'Video Remix' tool using Gemini Omni, enabling users to edit videos with cinematic effects and artistic styles effortlessly. Available for Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers in select countries, this feature enhances user engagement within Google's ecosystem.
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- Video Remix allows quick video editing with effects like relighting and artistic styles.
- Feature available in the 'Create' tab for eligible Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers.
- Users can transform ordinary videos into share-worthy moments with just a few taps.
- Recent updates include touch-up tools for subtle edits and an AI-powered digital closet feature.
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~2 min readGoogle Photos is getting a new “Video Remix” feature that can edit and transform videos in seconds, Google announced on Wednesday. The feature is powered by Gemini Omni, Google’s recently released model that promises to “create anything from any input.”
The launch is Google’s latest push to bring more generative AI tools into its consumer apps as it continues to compete with companies like Apple, OpenAI, and Adobe. By baking AI-powered video editing into Google Photos, the tech giant is making it easier for users to edit clips with a few taps instead of relying on dedicated software, giving users another reason to stay within Google’s ecosystem.
The Video Remix tool can be accessed in the “Create” tab in Google Photos, allowing you to do things like apply cinematic relighting to brighten up a dark clip, swap out a plain background for something else, or add artistic styles to videos, such as watercolor, raw sketchbook, and oil painting effects.
For example, you could edit a video to make it appear that you shot it in a greenhouse, relight a video with a morning glow, or paint a video in a watercolor effect.
“Creating beautiful video clips shouldn’t require professional skills or hours of editing,” Google wrote in a blog post. “Now, with Video Remix in Google Photos, you can transform ordinary videos into share-worthy moments in just a few taps.”
Video Remix starts rolling out today to eligible Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers in the U.S., Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, and Turkey.
The feature is the latest in a series of AI-powered updates introduced to Google Photos. The app recently launched new touch-up tools to allow users to apply subtle edits and fixes, such as removing blemishes, refining skin texture, brightening eyes, and whitening teeth. Google also announced an AI-powered feature that turns photos of your clothes into a digital closet where you can create new outfit ideas and virtually try on outfits.
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