Google Releases Snapseed 4.0 for Android, iOS

Google released a new Snapseed 4.0 photo editor on Android, one year after shipping version 3.0 on the iPhone. A version for iPhone is available as well.

“Today, we’re rolling out Snapseed 4.0 on Android, bringing a new look and feel, and a bunch of new tools and capabilities,” Google vice president of Photos, One, and AI subscriptions Shimrit Ben-Yair tweeted.

Here’s what’s new:

Completely updated user interface. Snapseed 4.0 features a “more modern and fun” user interface that makes editing faster, easier, and more powerful.

New capabilities. The app now supports non-destructive and batch editing, Snapseed camera, and smart masking.

New tools. Snapseed 4.0 now includes Color HSL, Dehaze, Halation, and Bloom tools.

Updates to existing tools. The existing tools have also been updated. For example, Film now includes new styles that emulate some of the most popular historical film stocks.

For those on the iPhone, Snapseed has been updated to version 4.0 and it includes the new user interface, the new Halation and Bloom tools, and other changes.

It’s been years since I’ve used Snapseed, though I was a fan at one time and will check it out again. Snapseed was originally created by a third party, Nik Software, for the iPad in 2011, and it was ported to the iPhone shortly thereafter. There was even a version for Windows, though I don’t believe it’s been updated in a while. Google acquired the company in 2012 and released the first Android version.

You can download Snapseed 4.0 for Android from the Google Play Store and the iPhone version from the Apple App Store.