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Pixel 9 AI features revealed in leaked promos

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Pixel 9 AI features revealed in leaked promos

Google looks set to shake up the smartphone market in a matter of weeks with four Pixel 9 handsets likely to appear at the Made by Google event on August 13

Alongside the regular model, we’re expecting a Pixel 9 Pro, a Pixel 9 Pro XL and a Pixel 9 Pro Fold. And all four handsets look set to be united by their reliance on AI for their big selling points, based on two leaked promo videos shared by Android Headlines and OnLeaks, here and here.

(Image credit: Android Headlines / OnLeaks)

The videos have, perhaps unsurprisingly, been removed from Google-owned YouTube, but screenshots capture the main points for posterity. 

Both teasers begin with Ask Gemini and Pixel Screenshots. Gemini is shown creating a recipe based on a photo of what’s in the user’s fridge, while Pixel Screenshots is demoed recalling information by searching past snapped screenshots.

A still from the deleted Pixel 9 video teaser

(Image credit: Android Headlines / OnLeaks)

But the main AI enhancements are with the camera — or rather, editing contents taken by the camera. Magic Editor appears to be getting two new major party tricks. 

The first of these will allow users to use generative AI prompts to change things about a photograph via a “Reimagine with” prompt. In the clip, the phrase “dramatic sunset” is added, and a picture of two friends posing on a beach in slightly murky weather is magically transformed with three different options making the scene look significantly more enchanting than it really was.

A still from the deleted Pixel 9 video teaser

(Image credit: Android Headlines / OnLeaks)

A still from the deleted Pixel 9 video teaser

(Image credit: Android Headlines / OnLeaks)

Next up is a feature called “Add Me,” which appears to be an advancement on Best Take from the previous generation. While that feature allowed you to sub out faces from a series of photos to stitch together a flawless image, “Add Me” takes things a step further, by allowing the photographer to join a scene they weren’t actually a part of.

A still from the deleted Pixel 9 video teaser

(Image credit: Android Headlines / OnLeaks)

A still from the deleted Pixel 9 video teaser

(Image credit: Android Headlines / OnLeaks)

A still from the deleted Pixel 9 video teaser

(Image credit: Android Headlines / OnLeaks)

The results look impressive (though we should be skeptical that you can get results that good in the real world until we’ve given it a try), but it does raise serious questions about authenticity. With fundamental changes this easy to make, how can we ever trust that a photo we see on social media is real again? 

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