{"slug": "google-photos-adds-setting-to-disable-shimmer-ai-camera-shortcut", "title": "Google Photos adds setting to disable shimmer, AI camera shortcut", "summary": "Google Photos for Android has added a setting to disable the shimmer outline that appears around people or objects in photos, alongside a Material 3 Expressive redesign of Settings and a new camera shortcut for AI editing templates. The shimmer toggle is available under Settings > Preferences, while the camera FAB lets users capture a new photo directly within Remix or Photo to video workflows. Both changes are rolling out with Google Photos version 7.85 on Android.", "body_md": "Google Photos for Android has rolled out a trio of small updates today, led by a new shimmer setting.\n\nThe shimmer appears as an outline “around people or objects in your photos that you can take action on,” like creating a sticker.\n\nIt remains enabled by default, but you can now go to “Photos view” from the three-dot overflow menu or Settings > Preferences for a new on/off “Show shimmer” toggle.\n\nMeanwhile, we’re seeing a Material 3 Expressive redesign of Settings. It makes full use of containers on the main page, Backup, and Preferences to better distinguish line items. Other pages like Notifications, Sharing, Apps & devices, and Privacy remain on the previous design for a piecemeal approach.\n\nMany Google apps that feature M3 Expressive on the main interface are stuck with older settings pages.\n\nWe’re seeing both changes rolled out with Google Photos 7.85 on Android.\n\n*Old vs. new*\n\nThe final update today [lets you](https://support.google.com/photos/thread/455430565/capture-photos-instantly-for-quick-ai-edits-in-google-photos) quickly take a new picture when using Remix, Photo to video, or other AI templates. Instead of having to select a photo from your library, there’s a large camera FAB (floating action button) that launches the device camera.\n\nThis is meant to be a “quick and temporary input, like a simple photo or a funny face” that saves you from having to exit Google Photos:\n\n**Faster workflow**: Seamlessly move from idea to creation without leaving the flow.** No clutter**: Easily capture a new, ideal input photo, even if you don’t have an existing one in your album.** Instant creation**: Immediately send your newly captured media to features like Photo to video.\n\n*FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.* [More.](https://9to5mac.com/about/#affiliate)\n\n[our homepage](http://9to5google.com/)for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Google on\n\n[exclusive stories](https://9to5google.com/feature/exclusive/),\n\n[reviews](https://9to5google.com/guides/reviews/),\n\n[how-tos](https://9to5google.com/guides/how-to/), and\n\n[subscribe to our YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/9to5google)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-photos-adds-setting-to-disable-shimmer-ai-camera-shortcut", "canonical_source": "https://9to5google.com/2026/07/28/google-photos-shimmer-setting/", "published_at": "2026-07-28 20:32:47+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-28 20:39:33.637067+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Google Photos", "Android", "Material 3 Expressive", "Remix", "Photo to video"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-photos-adds-setting-to-disable-shimmer-ai-camera-shortcut", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-photos-adds-setting-to-disable-shimmer-ai-camera-shortcut.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-photos-adds-setting-to-disable-shimmer-ai-camera-shortcut.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-photos-adds-setting-to-disable-shimmer-ai-camera-shortcut.jsonld"}}