Just a day after Snapseed product lead Giles Ochs announced via Instagram reel that “the wait is almost over. snapseed 4.0,” the wait is actually over.
This is the first update for Android users since May 2024. It’s been a particular point of contention since the Google-owned photo-editing app gave iOS a batch of new features back in February.
All could be forgiven now that version 4.0 is live in the Play Store.
Snapseed fans get a long-awaited in-app camera, the Snapseed Camera, that has real-time effects that can be adjusted after snapping. There are also vintage style film filters, one-tap editing, and batch editing, as well as the ability to revert to an original photo at any stage in the editing process.
The app and all its features are free without ads.
The full list of what you can expect from Snapseed 4.0 is below.
Features
- No Strings Attached: Get 30+ pro tools and filters – no subscriptions, purchases, ads, or watermarks
- Vintage Styles: realistic film filters, plus Halation, Bloom, and Grain tools
- Smart Masking: Instantly and intelligently isolate subjects or backgrounds with a single tap for fast, targeted edits
- Batch Editing: Quickly apply your favorite looks and edits to multiple photos
- Snapseed Camera: Capture using custom styles or film looks. Save time with real-time effects that can be edited or reset later
- Non-destructive Editing: Easily undo changes or revert to your original photo at any time
- RAW Support: Open and edit JPG and RAW file with precise control
- Snapseed Camera – shoot directly in your favorite film simulations or custom looks to capture your unique style in real-time and skip the editing step
- Adjust – adjust exposure and color automatically or manually with fine, precise control
- One-Touch Masking – instantly select subjects or backgrounds with smart precision for seamless targeted edits
- Selective – precisely adjust brightness, contrast, or saturation in specific areas without affecting the rest of your photo
- Healing – remove the uninvited neighbor from a group picture
- Film – get beautiful looks with our completely updated, realistic film simulations of historic film stocks
- Batch Edit – apply your custom looks and edits to an entire batch of photos instantly
- Halation – add an authentic highlight glow to replicate classic analog lens effects
- Bloom – create a soft, dreamy optical diffusion to light sources for a cinematic finish
- RAW Develop – open and tweak some RAW files types
- Double Exposure – combine two photos using blend modes inspired by film and digital processing
- Portrait – modern tools to quickly enhance lighting, adjust poses, and refine facial features
- Details – magically brings out surface structures in images
- Crop and rotate – crop to standard sizes, rotate by 90°, or straighten a skewed horizon
- Perspective – fix skewed lines and perfect the geometry of horizons or buildings
- White Balance – adjust the colors so that the image looks more natural
- Brush – selectively retouch exposure, saturation, brightness or warmth
- Vignette – darken image corners for a classic photographic effect
- Curves – have precise control over the brightness levels in your photos
- Color HSL – precisely adjust hue, saturation, and luminance of any color
- Dehaze – instantly clear haze, fog, or glare for better contrast and detail
- Expand – increase the size of your canvas
- Lens Blur – add a beautiful Bokeh to images (background softening)
- Glamour Glow – add a fine glow to images, great for fashion or portraits
- Tonal Contrast – boost details selectively in the shadows, midtones and highlights
- Black & White – classic Black and White look straight out of the darkroom
