Windows 11 Photos app gets sick new AI feature – macOS users may get envious

Windows 11 Photos has gotten a lot of love from Microsoft lately. Last fall, the Redmond-based tech giant introduced new AI-based features for the picture-focused app, including background blur and photo-identifying search.

On Wednesday, however, Microsoft announced a new perk for the Windows 11 Photos app that will likely elicit envy from macOS and Chromebook users.

Windows 11 Photos app gets an object eraser

We’ve all been there. We look back at our photos with nostalgic pleasure, but suddenly, we notice an intrusive object that ruins the photo. 

If an unsightly object appears in a photo of your pet, you can remove it in seconds. Credit: Microsoft

For example, let’s you’re standing in front of a stunning mural in a photo, but some distracting bits and bobs are strewn across the ground. To get rid of them, you’d likely have to rely on some third-party photo-editing app.

Not anymore.

The Windows 11 Photos app now lets users remove unwanted objects and other flaws from their images, thanks to the new Generative Erase feature. You can simply select the undesirable imperfection and eliminate it from the picture.

The Windows 11 Photos app isn’t the only creativity-based, pre-installed app getting an upgrade. Clipchamp is getting a new AI-enhanced feature, too. The video-editing app now has a Silence Removal tool that lets you remove awkward, unwanted silences on audio tracks.

Generative Erase will be coming to Windows 11 soon (though it's worth noting it already rolled out to the Windows Insider Program last Thursday). Clipchamp's Silence Removal feature is rolling out to consumers with the latest Windows 11 update today.