TL;DR
- Google Photos appears to be getting ready to introduce new face retouching effects.
- While Camera has its own face retouch option, Photos has lacked a similar after-the-fact tool.
- Right now none of this is functional, but search keywords hint at what we can expect it to do.
When you’re looking to tweak a picture you just took, Google Photos offers some quick and easy tools for making common adjustments. You can play around with contrast, color balance, and filters, sure, but what if your editing needs are a little more targeted, and you only want to adjust a few small, specific parts of a pic? The Photos app looks like it’s working on just such a tool, one designed to get peoples’ faces looking their best.
Google has already offered face retouching directly in the Camera app for years now, letting you smooth out lines, and brighten under-eye bags. That works fine for what it is, but includes only limited options, and is only available in selfie and portrait modes.