Google Photos is bringing suggestion-based editing to India, Australia and Japan

Google is bringing AI-powered photo editing to more users around the world, making it easier to enhance photos using simple text commands instead of complicated editing tools.

The company announced Tuesday that it is expanding natural language editing capabilities in Google Photos to additional countries, including Australia, India and Japan. The feature, which Google first launched for Pixel 10 users in the US last August, allows users to describe the changes they want to make to their photos rather than manually adjusting sliders or learning complicated editing software.

Users in these newly supported countries will now see a “Help me edit” box when tapping the edit option on a photo. From there, they can choose from suggested prompts or write their own requests in plain language. For example, you can ask the app to “remove the motorcycle from the background”, “reduce background blur”, or use a more general command such as “bring back this old photo”.

AI can also handle surprisingly specific requests. You can ask him to change his friend's pose, take off his glasses, or even ask him to open his eyes in a photo where he blinked. This feature uses Google's Nano Banana image model to transform photos, and all processing is done directly in the app, without the need for an internet connection for actual editing.

This feature will work on any Android device with at least 4GB of RAM running Android 8.0 or later, which means it's not limited to Google's Pixel phones. With its geographic expansion, Google is also adding support for languages ​​other than English, including Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Telugu, Bengali, and Gujarati, making the tool available to millions more users in their native languages.

Google is also rolling out support for C2PA content credentials in Google Photos in these countries. This metadata will indicate when the image was created or edited using AI. As AI-generated and edited images become more common, social media platforms struggle with tagging AI content, and testimonials like C2PA help users understand what they're looking at.

This extension is the latest in Google's aggressive push to integrate artificial intelligence into Google Photos. Last November, the company expanded its AI-powered search capabilities to over 100 countries, supporting over 17 languages. It also introduced AI templates that can convert photos into different artistic styles. Last week, Google rolled out its “Mem me” feature, which allows users to combine reference templates with their own images to create memes.