Facebook’s AI can now suggest edits to the photos still on your phone

A Facebook feature that gives Meta AI the ability to suggest edits to photos stored in your phone’s camera roll, but not yet shared, is now rolling out to all users in the US and Canada. Company announcement On Friday users can opt in to receive these sharing suggestions, which will prompt them to post photos to their Facebook feed and Stories with AI edits.

is launched first As an experiment in the summerFacebook’s app pops up a permission dialog box requesting access to “allow cloud processing” so users can get “creative ideas made for you from your camera roll.” This box explains that the feature can provide ideas for the end user like collages, recaps, AI restyling, birthday themes and more.

For the AI ​​to work, Facebook’s app will upload photos from your device to its cloud on an ongoing basis. This allows Meta’s AI to make its suggested edits. Meta said users’ media will not be used for ad targeting purposes, and it will not use media to improve its AI systems, unless the user takes steps to edit media or share edited photos with friends or others on his social network.

Features can be disabled at any time.

Although Meta may not train its AI on all your photos, when you agree Meta’s AI Terms of ServiceYou allow your media and facial features to be analyzed by AI. By processing your photos, Meta has the ability to “condense photo contents, modify images, and create new content based on photos,” the terms say.

The company also uses dates and appearances of people or objects in your photos to create its creative ideas, giving Meta more information about you, your relationships, and your life.

Plus, giving Meta access to photos you haven’t yet shared on Meta’s platforms could give the company an edge in the AI ​​race by providing user data, behavioral insights and ideas for new AI features.

Settings for the feature are available in the Preferences section of Facebook’s settings. On the “Camera Roll Sharing Tips” page, there are two toggles The first allows Facebook to suggest photos from your camera roll while browsing the app. The second is where you can enable or disable “cloud processing,” which allows Meta to create AI images using your camera roll photos.

Meta is and has been leveraging its position as an influential social network to advance its AI technology as previously announced It will train its image recognition AI on publicly shared data, including posts and comments on Facebook and Instagram. (EU users had Until May 27, 2025from opt out.) last year, as it will be Train its AI on photos of Ray-Ban Meta users Asked to analyze the device.