Magic Eraser was one of the cool new tricks that came with the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, but it uses a new trick alongside the Pixel 6a in “camouflage”. It has now been confirmed that the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will add the new feature in just a few days.
“Camouflage” joins Magic Eraser’s usual ability to remove photobombs or objects from an image via the Google Photos editor on the Pixel 6 series phone. The feature was first announced at Google I/O 2022 and arrived mostly unceremoniously as a perk for Pixel 6a.
We noted the feature in our Pixel 6a review earlier this week.
One new feature that comes with the Pixel 6a, but will soon roll out to the rest of the range, is Camouflage in the Google Photos app. This Magic Eraser extension was announced at Google I/O with the ability to mute the colors of objects in a photo so they don’t distract from the subject. We only tested this feature briefly, but it does exactly what Google claims, and with decent results.
You can see our results with Magic Eraser’s Camouflage below, with the feature quickly snapping a distracting brightly colored mug into the background of the photo, softening to a less eye-catching muted orange color. We found that the feature doesn’t always work perfectly and some photos just aren’t very suitable for the technology. But like the regular object remover, it can certainly be a handy tool.
Camouflage is available for the Pixel 6a right out of the box, but the feature is supposed to work on the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro as well. Speaking to The Verge, Google confirmed that “Camouflage” will roll out to both phones on July 28, the same day the Pixel 6a ships to customers.
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