Google is getting ready to bring exclusive Pixel 9 features to older Pixels (APK Teardown)

Google Pixel 9 Pro Magic Editor reimagine

Ryan
Haines
/
Android
Authority

TL;DR

Google
could
soon
bring
exclusive
Pixel
9
editing
features
to
older
Pixel
phones.
We’ve
spotted
evidence
suggesting
that
Reimagine
and
Auto
Frame,
the
two
new
Magic
Editor
features,
could
soon
be
available
on
Pixel
6,
Pixel
7,
and
Pixel
8
series
phones.

Every
new
Google
flagship
phone
almost
always
brings
some
exclusive
features
that
trickle
down
to
older
Pixels
after
some
time.
The

Pixel
9
series
is
no
different.
It
brings
several
cool
camera
and
editing
features,
such
as
Add
Me,
Video
Boost
with
Night
Sight,
and
more.
Among
these
are
two
new

Magic
Editor
features
called
Auto
Frame
and
Reimagine.
The
former
automatically
frames
your
chosen
subject,
even
if
that
requires
expanding
the
image
using
AI,
while
the
second
feature
allows
you
to
change
backgrounds.
Now,
Google
seems
to
be
getting
ready
to
bring
these
two
new
editing
features
to
older
Pixel
phones.

An APK
teardown
helps
predict
features
that
may
arrive
on
a
service
in
the
future
based
on
work-in-progress
code.
However,
it
is
possible
that
such
predicted
features
may
not
make
it
to
a
public
release.

Android
Authority
contributor

Assemble
Debug
has
found
evidence
in
the
Google
Photos
app
suggesting
that
Reimagine
and
Auto
Frame
are
headed
to
older
Pixels,
including
the
Pixel
6,
Pixel
7,
and
Pixel
8
series.

The
tipster
explains
that
there
are
three
variants
of
the
Google
Photos
app
with
different
configurations.

For
all
devices
Android
devices
(non-Pixels)
For
Pixels
launched
between
2021
and
2023
(Pixel
6
and
above)
For
Pixels
launched
in
2024
(Pixel
9)

The
Google
Photos
app
for
the
2024
Pixels,
i.e.,
the
Pixel
9
series,
naturally
includes
all
the
code
strings
related
to
the
Reimagine
and
Auto
Frame
features.
Now,
these

code
strings
are
also
appearing
in
the
latest
version
of
the
Google
Photos
app
(6.99)
for
Pixels
launched
between
2021
and
2023,
indicating
that
Google
might
be
working
to
bring
Reimagine
and
Auto
Frame
to
its
older
flagships.

Meanwhile,
the
regular
version
of
the
Google
Photos
app
for
non-Pixel
devices
does
not
feature
these
strings,
suggesting
that
the
features
are
not
ready
to
roll
out
to
all
Android
devices
just
yet
and
will
remain
exclusive
to
Pixel
phones
for
the
time
being.