Google Photos introduces built-in face touch-up tools for simple photo edits

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:22:00 +0200

Google has introduced a set of new touch-up tools within its Google Photos app, aimed at making quick and subtle photo edits easier without relying on third-party applications. These tools are designed primarily for enhancing facial features in images and include options such as blemish removal, skin smoothing, under-eye correction, eye brightening, teeth whitening, and adjustments to eyebrows and lips. Users can access these features by selecting a face within a photo and then choosing the desired tool, with the ability to control how strong or subtle the effect appears.

The rollout of these tools is gradual and currently limited to Android devices that meet certain requirements, specifically those running Android 9.0 or later and equipped with at least 4 GB of RAM. This suggests that the features rely on relatively advanced processing capabilities, likely tied to on-device AI or image enhancement technologies.

By integrating these editing capabilities directly into Google Photos, G