Subj : Google Photos is letting you add Ultra HDR magic to your images a
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Apr 21 2025 11:15:08

Google Photos is letting you add Ultra HDR magic to your images after youve 
taken them

Date:
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:06:06 +0000

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Google Photos has a new Ultra HDR tool that improves your picture quality.

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Photos is adding an Ultra HDR feature to some Android phones This lets you 
increase photo vibrancy in a few taps It can be applied to regular photos 
even after theyve been taken 

If youve taken a bunch of photos but wish they could be jazzed up with a 
little HDR magic , youre in luck. Thats because Google has just added the 
ability to enhance your images with Ultra HDR effects in Google Photos . 
Better yet, the HDR changes can be applied to regular pictures, even if youve 
already taken and uploaded them. 

As noticed by Android Authority , the feature has rolled out to a number of 
Google Photos users in recent days. It cant yet be used by everyone, and its 
not clear whether its limited to the best Android phones or will soon be 
available more widely. 

Google Photos Ultra HDR mode lets you take photos with a wider range of 
colors than standard pictures. That can boost image vibrancy, but youll 
usually need a device with an HDR display to fully appreciate the effect. 

Yet the good thing about Googles Ultra HDR feature is that its backward 
compatible, so your photos will revert to using standard color ranges on 
regular Android screens. 

It also works the other way, too. Google Photos appears to have added the 
ability to convert normal photos into HDR equivalents, boosting their 
saturation and helping them pop much more than they previously did. That 
means Theres no need to remember to take the pictures in HDR mode in the 
first place. Better photos in HDR (Image credit: Shutterstock / 
BigTunaOnline) 

Ultra HDR mode had been spotted as far back as September 2024, but it wasnt 
fully functional at the time. Now with version 7.24.0.747539053 of the Google 
Photos app, it looks like its beginning to roll out to a range of Android 
users. 

Once it becomes more widely available, you will find the feature in the 
Adjust section of the Google Photos editor. There, youll be able to change 
the strength of the HDR effect using a slider. It is set to replace the HDR 
Effect option currently in Google Photos. 

You can see a preview of the Ultra HDR effect on GitHub . Make sure youre 
viewing it on an HDR-compatible device to be able to observe it properly. 

Still, theres no reliable indication of when the feature might arrive for 
everyone. Hopefully we wont have to wait too long before it rolls out. You 
might also like Google Photos tipped to get a major design overhaul  and itll 
make the app much better for finding specific images Good news, mobile 
photographers: your HDR photos will now look right on both Android and iOS 
Google Photos is getting a handy Quick Edit tool for sharing images, and I 
dont know why nobody thought of this sooner



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/phones/google-photos-is-letting-you-add-ultra-hdr-ma
gic-to-your-images-after-youve-taken-them


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