In an announcement released on Tuesday (local time), Google said that users in these countries will begin to experience AI photo editing tools through text, allowing them to describe what they want to change instead of having to use sliders or complex editing tools as before.
This feature was first introduced by Google in August last year, initially only for Pixel 10 users in the US.
After that, the company gradually expanded to other areas, marking an important shift in the way users interact with photo editing software.
When using Google Photos in new markets, users will see the "Help me edit" dialog box appear in the photo editing section.
Here, they can choose available suggestions or enter requests in everyday language.
For example, users can request "remove the rear motorbike", "reduce background blur" or even "restore this old photo".
According to Google, this AI technology is flexible enough to handle very specific requests, such as adjusting the posture of the person in the photo, removing glasses, or requesting a person to open their eyes in a blinking photo.
All operations are performed thanks to the Nano Banana image processing model developed by Google.
A noteworthy point is that the editing process takes place directly in the application, without internet connection during image processing.
This helps increase operation speed, while reducing concerns about privacy and image data being transmitted to the server.
Regarding compatibility, Google said that this feature is not limited to Pixel phones.
Any Android device with at least 4GB of RAM, running Android 8.0 or higher can be used, significantly expanding the reach to hundreds of millions of users.
Along with geographical expansion, Google also adds support for many languages other than English, including Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Telugu, Bengali and Gujarati.
This move is particularly important in the Indian market, where there are hundreds of millions of Android users but not everyone is familiar with using English.
Google is also deploying the "C2PA Content Certificate" in Google Photos in new countries.
This metadata helps viewers know whether an image has been created or edited by AI or not, in the context that content created by AI is becoming increasingly popular and making it difficult to distinguish between real and fake on social networks.
Expanding the editing feature with AI is the latest step in the strategy to integrate comprehensive AI into Google Photos.
Previously, Google had expanded AI search for photos to more than 100 countries, supported in 17 languages, and launched AI models turning photos into artistic styles and meme creation tools "Meme me".
