Google is expanding its AI capabilities inside Google Photos with six new tools designed to simplify photo editing, creative image transformations, and more intelligent search. The updates include broader access to Ask Photos, a new generative editing option, and the integration of Google’s Gemini-powered image model, known as Nano Banana.
The enhancements build on Google Photos’ existing AI features, which already allow users to edit and search photos using natural language. Now, users can remove objects, restyle images, and retrieve memories with more precision — simply by describing what they want.
The most notable additions are new personalized editing tools. Users can now remove sunglasses, open eyes, or adjust facial expressions by selecting “Help me edit” and describing the desired changes. Google Photos leverages private face groups within a user’s library to generate accurate and personalized edits.
Google is also expanding natural-language editing to iOS users in the U.S., allowing edits through voice or text without needing to navigate adjustment menus. The redesigned photo editor, which includes gesture controls and one-tap suggestions, is also coming to iOS.
Another update brings the Nano Banana generative model to the Photos editor. Users can restyle images by requesting visual transformations such as Renaissance-style portraits, mosaic textures, or storybook illustrations. A new “Create with AI” section is rolling out to the Create tab on Android in the U.S. and India, offering ready-made generative templates for tasks such as professional headshots, themed portraits, and holiday cards. Personalized templates that draw on a user’s hobbies and experiences will follow in the coming weeks.
On the search side, Ask Photos — the natural language search tool that identifies details and context across a user’s photo library — will expand to over 100 new countries and 17 additional languages. A new “Ask” button now allows users to analyze and interact with individual images, retrieve related memories, or request on-the-spot edits without leaving the photo view.
Google says many of these features are already rolling out, with others launching in phases over the coming weeks. The updates continue Google’s broader push to integrate generative AI across its consumer tools, aiming to make photo management more intuitive and personalized.
