Google Photos on iOS Gets Portrait Depth Editing, But It Does a Poor Job

Google's latest version of Google Photos app for iOS brings a depth-editing characteristic, which means you can now pull up whatever portrait epitome that you've taken on your iPhone, and adjust the groundwork blur and focus with just a few steps.

Well, I've been taking a lot of photos on my iPhone XR lately. While iOS' Photos app gets the job done for me, I was pretty pumped to check out what Google Photos could do, especially afterwards seeing all the photographic camera tricks it can do on the Pixel iii.

I updated the Google Photos on my iPhone, and decided to head out to capture some portrait photos. As you tin see, Google Photos, in add-on to the depth-editing feature, has also gained the Color Popular feature which nosotros saw on the Pixel 3. It is, yet, worth pointing out that you'll accept to capture a Portrait photo in order of any of these new features to piece of work.

Google Photos on iOS Gets Portrait Depth Editing, But It's No Better Than Apple's Photo App — Color Pop & Depth Editing on Google Photos for iOS

Surprising Results

For the sake of comparing, I opened the aforementioned photograph on both Google Photos and iOS' Photos app. Honestly, I wasn't expecting any one app to perform ameliorate than the other. If annihilation, I was expecting Google Photos app to produce better images. Only expect till you meet the results.

The Color Popular characteristic, as yous tin run into, messed upward the photograph. Google Photos failed to discover the edges, and applied the effect only on i side, whereas the cars, copse, etc. on my correct remained untouched.

Moving on to the depth-editing feature, the results were the same, sadly. In the photos below, I cranked the depth slider all the style up, and still the background, particularly on my right, is still very much visible. iOS'due south Photos app, on the other paw, did a commendable task.

Edited in Google Photos

Edited in Apple'south Photos app

After scratching my head for a few minutes, I realized that Google Photos was not able to recognize the field of study. Thankfully, you lot can adjust it by tapping the subject area or background, depending on what you desire to exist blurred out in your paradigm. I noticed the results to be comparatively ameliorate when you tap on the subject. Yes, it works, but information technology takes an actress footstep which can be avoided if yous use iOS's native Photos app directly. Even so, Google Photos messed up with edge detection. Encounter this –

Here's some other image, to show how consistently Google Photos app failed on me. In the gallery below, Google Photos failed to detect the edge around the loving cup? Information technology looks way better on the epitome edited on iOS' Photos app. Yes, it'southward not flawless, just it looks better than the 1 produced by Google Photos, in my opinion.

edited on Google Photos — Edited on Google Photos

edited on Photos ios — Edited on iOS Photos app

Have you updated your Google Photos app on iOS? If yes, then be sure to leave a comment detailing your experience with the app. I'd love to know your stance.