In the Google Photos app, select the photo you want to zoom in on, tap the Edit button, and then go to Tools to find Zoom Enhance. You’ll have to zoom to the area you want, then tap Zoom Enhance, and just like in the early 2000s CSI shows, it’ll enhance the photo by generating pixels to make it appear sharper. I tried it on some faraway buildings and the results delivered sharper lines that looked much cleaner than the previously pixelated image.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu
There are a few other notable camera upgrades in the Pixel 9 series, including the Pixel 9 Pro Fold.
Video Boost Gets a Boost
Last year, Google’s Pixel 8 Pro introduced Video Boost. When enabled, your video would be sent to Google’s cloud servers to be processed, improving the video quality and brightness while reducing noise and upgrading the stabilization. Sometime later, you’d get a notification saying …