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Google’s AI photo editing tools are expanding to a lot more phones

The first 10 Magic Edits are free.

Starting May 15th, just about all Google Photos users will be able to access features previously limited to Pixel owners and Google One subscribers — a nifty upgrade if you were tired of Photos urging you to “upgrade” to get access to more editing tools (it’s me). Google has a full list of these features on its Photos community site, and it includes things like editing portrait mode blur and lighting effects (useful, but not the cutting-edge stuff, for better or worse). If you’re ready to jump into the future of AI-powered photo editing and use Magic Editor, you’ll need a device with at least a 64-bit chip, 4GB of RAM, and either iOS 15 or Android 8.0.

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