Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
TL;DR We’ve seen evidence that Google Photos is getting new templates for highlight videos.
The templates include pre-selected captions and music.
Templates aren’t available yet, but could roll out soon.
Google Photos is picking up some new tricks to make it easier to create more expressive highlight videos. The app can already splice together clips around a certain theme to make short-form videos about your own life, and now, we’ve found evidence that that capability is expanding.
Experimenting with version 7.50 of the Google Photos app on Android, we managed to enable an updated version of the highlight video editor. This new iteration comes with a bunch of new templates that include pre-selected music, as well as the option to add custom text overlays.
Currently, when creating a highlight video in Google Photos, the process starts with searching for photos and videos containing specific people or things. Once the change we’ve uncovered rolls out, the first step will be choosing a template that comes with its own format and music.
We were able to access template options like “Fall vibes,” “Trip recap,” and “Hobbies.” Templates will presumably vary based on things like time of year and the content in your own Photos library. Music selection for these templates isn’t limited to royalty free stock tunes — we saw templates that featured tracks like Naughty by Nature’s Hip Hop Hooray and Breathe by Michelle Branch.
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