The Pixel 10’s best AI feature is now available on other Android smartphones - here’s how to try the new Google Photos update (www.techradar.com)

Google has expanded one of the Pixel 10’s headline AI capabilities — natural-language photo editing — to "eligible" Android users in the United States via a Google Photos update. The new "Help me edit" option in the app’s editor lets you speak or type instructions (e.g., "make the sky more dramatic" or "remove that person") and Photos uses Google’s Gemini-powered image-editing backend to produce the requested changes. The tool originally launched as a Pixel 10 exclusive (Pixel 10, 10 Pro and 10 Pro Fold) and now appears more broadly, though Google hasn’t disclosed exact eligibility criteria yet. For the AI/ML community this is another concrete step in bringing large multimodal models into everyday consumer workflows: natural-language-guided image manipulation moves beyond static sliders and manual retouching to semantic, instruction-driven editing. Wider availability will increase user feedback and edge cases for data collection, accelerate UX iteration, and intensify competition with other generative-image tools (Google’s Nano Banana in Gemini, Apple’s Image Playground plans). It also raises practical considerations around compute (on-device vs. cloud), latency, quality control, and safety/consent for content edits—issues researchers and engineers will be watching as the feature scales beyond Pixel devices.