Google says users will be able to use the Pixel 7 to go back through its Google Photos library and fix old blurry photos using a feature called Photo Unblur. So far, the feature is exclusive to Google’s latest phones and is similar to the Magic Eraser feature introduced with the Pixel 6.
As with features designed to remove distractions from images, the results of Photo Unblur shown by Google in its demo were a little less than impressive but impressive enough, like the photo in the tweet below. As with many of the Pixel 7’s features, the company says this image processing is made possible by its next-generation Tensor G2 processor.
The company also promises that this technology will be used in photos taken with the Pixel 7, and says that its denoising technology will allow its new phone to take images “twice as fast” in low light.
Google has previously focused on reducing blur in the Pixel range; the Pixel 6 included a feature called Face Blur Removal, which uses multiple exposures to ensure that the faces in the photos it takes are clear, even if the rest of the photo has motion blur. Of course, in the Pixel 6 era, there is no effect on photos taken in the past.
