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Google Photos Launches AI-Powered Video Remix Tool Powered by Gemini Omni
Google Photos is adding a new Video Remix feature that can edit and transform videos in seconds, powered by the Gemini Omni model. Users can apply cinematic relighting, replace backgrounds, or add artistic styles like watercolor and oil painting effects, rolling out today to eligible AI subscribers in select countries.
Google announced on Wednesday that Google Photos is getting a new Video Remix feature, powered by its recently released Gemini Omni model that promises to "create anything from any input." The feature can edit and transform videos in seconds without requiring professional skills.
The launch represents Google's latest push to bring more generative AI tools into its consumer applications as it competes with Apple, OpenAI, and Adobe. By baking AI-powered video editing directly into Google Photos, Google is making it easier for users to edit clips with a few taps instead of relying on dedicated software.
The Video Remix tool lives in the Create tab within Google Photos and supports cinematic relighting to brighten dark clips, background swapping, and artistic style transfers including watercolor, raw sketchbook, and oil painting effects. For example, a user could edit a video to appear as if it was shot in a greenhouse or apply a morning glow relighting effect.
"Creating beautiful video clips shouldn't require professional skills or hours of editing," Google wrote in its blog post. "Now, with Video Remix in Google Photos, you can transform ordinary videos into share-worthy moments in just a few taps."
Video Remix starts rolling out today to eligible Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers in the U.S., Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, and Turkey.
The feature follows a series of AI-powered updates to Google Photos, including touch-up tools for removing blemishes, refining skin texture, brightening eyes, and whitening teeth, plus an AI feature that turns photos of clothes into a digital closet.
By embedding sophisticated AI video editing into an app with hundreds of millions of daily users, Google is positioning its photo ecosystem as a primary destination for consumer AI creativity, directly challenging standalone editing tools and creative suites.
Why it matters
Google's integration of AI video editing into the widely-used Google Photos app dramatically lowers the barrier for video creation while strengthening its consumer AI ecosystem against competitors like Apple, OpenAI, and Adobe.
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