Photo to video for the Google Photos app is available now for iOS and Android
You’ll choose a photo from your photo gallery in Google Photos and pick one of two options available: “Subtle movements” or “I’m feeling lucky.” Once the video is created, you can share it with friends, family, and even your boss. Photo to video in Google Photos should be available on your Android or iOS handsets starting today.
The new Google Create tab will show you all of the features available to you in Google Photos in one spot. The Create tab is where you will go to find and use Photo to video, and Remix. The tab will also show you how to create collages, highlight videos, and other cool looks from your photo gallery. The tab, which acts like a hub, will be updated as Google obtains feedback from users. Google will disseminate the new Create tab in the U.S. starting next month.
The aforementioned new AI features for the Google Photos app will include added transparency. Just like images edited using Reimagine in Photos, all videos and photos created using Photo to video and Remix will have an invisible digital watermark from SynthID. Similar to videos created by Gemini, videos created in Photos will have a visual watermark.
These features are experimental, and we know some outputs may not be exactly what you expect or may even be inaccurate. Use the thumbs up and down buttons on your generated images and videos to give us feedback, which we’ll use to make ongoing improvements to our safety measures and overall experience.”
As Google says, “Your photo library in Google Photos is more than an archive, it’s a canvas. We’re excited to see how you use these tools to bring your memories to life in new ways.”
Google is introducing new tools for YouTube Shorts
Some of the new tools are coming over to YouTube Shorts, including the ability to transform pictures from your camera roll into videos. Select an image, choose a “creative suggestion,” and Photo to video can, according to Google, “add movement to landscape photos, animate pictures of everyday photos, or bring group photos to life.” This feature is rolling out now and next week at no cost in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The feature will be available in more regions later this year.
The new effects available for use with YouTube Shorts can turn your doodles into fun images and turn a selfie into an underwater photograph, or create a pose with a lookalike twin, and more. To create these, go to the Effects icon in the Shorts camera and select AI to choose from the new generative effects. These are powered by Veo 2, and later this summer, Veo 3 will be coming to YouTube Shorts.
Google is also introducing AI Playground, which includes generative AI creation tools. There are examples designed to give you the incentive to create. You can create content quickly thanks to pre-filed prompts that help you create images, videos, music, and more in the blink of an eye. SynthID watermarks and clear labels are used to indicate that these creations were generated with AI.
To access the AI Playground, tap the create button followed by the sparkle icon in the top-right corner. The feature is available now, as Google says, “for everyone” in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
