A recent APK analysis has revealed more information about what to expect from the upcoming Google Photos feature Spotlight.
Android Authority did the teardown and examined the lines of code for version 6.97 of Google Photos for Android devices and found that the previously discovered Spotlights feature has been renamed to Presets. Presets gives users four options for videos that essentially work as one-tap editing tools.
The available options are “Easy Cut,” which cuts to the key moment in the video and enhances the colors; “Slow Mo,” which applies a slow motion effect to the selected area; “Zoom,” which automatically zooms in and out of the video in the selected area; and “Track,” which automatically tracks and zooms in on the person in the video.
According to Android Authority, it’s possible to adjust the duration of edits while editing using a slide, but apparently it’s not possible to export a video that includes all four preset edits at once. Instead, users can only use the basic edits and one preset on a video. However, this could change when the feature is released.
You can find the presets by selecting the video you want to edit, tapping the Edit option and selecting Presets, which is located between Video and Crop. However, to access the video presets, a 3MB installation is required first and the phone will prompt the user to select the option for the first time.
This isn’t the only recent news about new updates to Google Photos. Recently, it was announced that Google is making it easier to block pictures of people you’d rather not see. This update changes the way Google Memories blocks certain people from appearing in your feed, allowing you to limit what a person sees instead of removing them completely.
All of these changes to Google Photos, and the fact that it will soon be easy to free up space in Google Photos, will help make Android phones some of the best camera phones on the market. However, it should be noted that an APK teardown only reveals the code. There is no guarantee that a feature will be released, nor does it give us a concrete idea of when it might be released.
