Google Photos is getting ready to roll out its new ‘Quick Edit’ sharing feature

Quick Edit in Google Photos

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority

TL;DR

  • Google is testing a brand new Fast Edit web page within the Google Images app that seems while you faucet the share button on a picture.
  • The Fast Edit web page has buttons to boost the picture or crop it earlier than sharing.
  • The web page solely seems while you share a single picture, although, and it hasn’t extensively rolled out but.

If you wish to make your images look even higher earlier than sharing them with your mates or relations, then you possibly can contact them up utilizing one of many many nice photo editor apps for Android. Modifying images manually could be a little bit of a trouble, although, particularly should you aren’t acquainted with all the assorted knobs which can be accessible. That’s why Google Photos affords a wide range of one-click picture enhancement instruments, and to make it even simpler to boost a photograph earlier than sharing it, the app will quickly add a “Fast Edit” display.

Earlier this week, I obtained a tip from a consumer named Alex who stated that they seen a brand new sharing display within the Google Images app for Android. The brand new display is known as “Fast Edit,” and he stated it seems for him when he hits the share button on a single picture. If he selects a number of images earlier than hitting the share button, although, the conventional share sheet is proven as a substitute of the brand new “Fast Edit” display.

The “Fast Edit” display fairly merely makes it simpler to boost or crop a single picture earlier than sharing. It has an “Enhanced” button which appears to use the identical “Improve” impact that’s accessible while you faucet the “Edit” button on a photograph. It additionally has a crop button that brings up the identical UI for cropping that seems within the common editor.

Google Photos Quick Edit feature

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After you’re executed enhancing or cropping a photograph, you possibly can share it by tapping the Share button within the backside proper, which opens up the acquainted system share sheet. Right here’s a display recording from our tipster that demonstrates this new “Fast Edit” display in motion:

Our tipster noticed this new “Fast Edit” web page on his Pixel 6 Professional operating model 7.10.0 of the Google Images app for Android. We haven’t obtained another stories of this function rolling out but, however that is removed from the primary time we’ve heard of it. Actually, Android Authority has beforehand posted related findings a number of instances.

In August, we managed to floor an “Enhance Photo” option from Google Images within the system share sheet. Almost two months later, we shared proof that advised there could be two additional filters on high of the present “Improve” choice, although that was later consolidated all the way down to a single “Enhance” toggle. The UI for the function as seen within the property shared by our tipster don’t fairly match the UI proven off in our earlier teardowns, although, which means that Google continues to be iterating on its UI.

Regardless, it’s clear that Google desires to make it simpler so that you can improve your images earlier than sharing. We don’t know if the UI seen within the property our tipster shared with us are remaining, however because it’s now being examined within the wild, we’d not have to attend for much longer to seek out out. Maybe not coincidentally, our tipster additionally seen that they’ve the brand new floating toolbar for albums function that we noticed a couple of months in the past.

Google Photos floating toolbar for albums

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority

When you see both the brand new “Fast Edit” display or the floating toolbar for albums within the Google Images app for Android, tell us within the feedback beneath!

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