The company said that starting May 15, it will expand access to its AI photo editing feature, which has been available only on Pixel phones and its Google One cloud storage subscription service.

Google's image AI features now include: Magic Eraser - a tool to remove objects from photos, Photo Unblur - to clarify out-of-focus photos, and Portrait Light - to rebalance the light in the frame.

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Illustration of Google's Magic Eraser feature to erase objects in photo frames.

These tools will be available on more devices, including Pixel tablets, Chromebook Plus computers (requires ChromeOS 118 or later and at least 3GB of RAM), and smartphones including iPhones and Android phones. For mobile devices, Android 8.0 and iOS 15 or later are required.

The Magic Editor feature will also be expanded to all Pixel devices. All Google Photos users on Android and iOS will be able to save 10 photos edited with the tool each month. However, Pixel users and Google One subscribers who pay for 2TB of storage will have unlimited use of the AI ​​feature.

Also in May, another tech giant, Microsoft, is expected to announce AI tools for use on PCs and the cloud at its annual developer conference.

Previously, CEO Satya Nadella in January affirmed that “AI will become the pinnacle part of every PC”. Last month, Mustafa Suleyman - a famous expert in the field of AI joined the Windows manufacturer.

Microsoft introduced Intel-based Surface PCs with Copilot buttons in March, and this year the company will launch Surface versions with Arm-based chips designed to prioritize AI tasks.

(According to CNBC)

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