Google Photos on Android stops making duplicates when you edit
Google Photos on Android now saves edits to the original file instead of creating a copy, and you can reopen an edited photo to keep tweaking the same sliders.
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According to the rollout, the app now writes changes straight to the original photo file instead of adding a second version. It works on phones running Android 11 or later. It covers several editing tools, including Magic Eraser and blur removal, as well as edits made with the Ultra HDR and C2PA formats (C2PA is a standard that attaches information about a file's origin and edits).
Can you edit a Google Photos picture more than once?
Yes, and that is the second change. You can reopen an already edited image and carry on adjusting your earlier settings, such as the filter and brightness sliders. Before, you had to start again from the original and produce yet another copy.
It also helps your storage. Fewer duplicate files means less clutter in your library and less space wasted on near-identical shots.
What is still missing?
One often requested feature is still absent: copying the editing settings from one photo and pasting them onto another. Editing a batch of pictures remains tedious, because you have to redo the same brightness, contrast and saturation changes shot by shot. Nothing in the source says Google has announced such a feature, so for now it is only a wish.
For everyday use the update is simple. Edit a photo, save it, and it stays one photo.
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