TechPhonesiPhonesiPhones and Androids are getting a great free Google Photos upgradeThe Magic Eraser is no longer exclusive to Pixel phones, and that’s good news for photo fansWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesiPhonesiPhones and Androids are getting a great free Google Photos upgradeThe Magic Eraser is no longer exclusive to Pixel phones, and that’s good news for photo fansWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The Magic Eraser is no longer exclusive to Pixel phones, and that’s good news for photo fans
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Google)
(Image credit: Google)
As SF author Arthur C Clarke famously said, “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” I reckonGoogle’s Magic Eraser is a great example of that, but its magic has only been available to people with Pixel phones since it launched on thePixel 6. That’s changed, and you can now get the tool onAndroid phonesandiPhonestoo.
There is one slight catch: it’s only free if you’re a Google One subscriber. But with plans starting at just $1.99 / £1.59 a month, that’s hardly a deal breaker – especially if you take a lot of photos. Magic Eraser really does live up to its name.
What does Google Magic Eraser do?
One of the things I like about Magic Eraser is that it’s non-destructive: it gets you to save a copy of your image with the changes, so you can go back to your original at any time. But in most cases the magic erasure is so good that you won’t want to.
Although the most obvious application for Magic Eraser is for photos you’ve just taken, or that you’ve taken fairly recently, Google also suggests thinking bigger: there’s no reason why you can’t scan or photograph an old image and get rid of something you’d rather wasn’t in the original.
If you have aSamsung GalaxyS23 you might not need to use Google’s version, asSamsunghas its own version in the form of the Object Eraser in Samsung’s own photos app. But for everyone else it’s definitely worth a go. It’s, well, magic.
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