According to a recent report, Google Photos for Android will soon introduce a new feature that will allow users to create ‘cinematic moments’ from videos stored on their devices. The app currently has a feature called Cinematic Photos that allows users to turn flat images into 3D stills. The rumored Cinematic Moment feature is speculated to work in the same way as Cinematic Photos, but with videos instead of photos.
Cinematic Moments feature in Google Photos
Android Authority, teaming up with leaker Assemble Debug, discovered in its report an APK teardown of the Google Photos app for Android version 6.84.0.634885033. A line of code in the app reportedly hints at a new video tool that automatically selects a portion of a selected video and applies a slow-motion effect to create a sort of cinematic moment.
Unlike Cinematic Photos, which allows users to manually select images and apply effects, it has been reported that the process is automatic and users cannot manually create Cinematic Moments. However, it is known that Google may add this feature in the future.
The report also suggests there is no information on how it will work or a release schedule. It has been reported that features discovered during APK teardown are generally for testing purposes only and may not make it to the public version of the Google Photos app for Android smartphones.
This development follows speculation that Google is planning to roll out the artificial intelligence (AI) editing feature that currently exists on the Pixel 8 series to older Pixel devices as well. Reports suggest that features like Magic Editor are coming to devices like Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 7.
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