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TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed that Google is working on a Redact tool in Google Photos.
This would allow users to “redact sensitive areas of your photos,” according to a code snippet.
Google would be joining Samsung, OPPO, OnePlus, and others in offering this functionality.
There are times when we want to share images with other people but need to redact sensitive info in them first. Unfortunately, Google Photos only lets you scribble over the desired area with the Markup option. Thankfully, we’ve discovered that Google is working on a solution.
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We dug into the Google Photos app for Android (v7.85.0.950510832) and managed to enable a Redact option. This feature appears in the Markup section, alongside the Pen, Highlighter, and Text options. Check out our screenshot below.
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“Redact sensitive areas of your photos,” reads an excerpt of a string related to the feature, just in case there was any doubt about what it does.
Unfortunately, we weren’t able to confirm exactly how this feature works as Google Photos crashes when tapping the Redact button. It’s also unclear whether redactions take the form of pixelation, blurring, a mosaic pattern, or something else.
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