Google Photos now lets you upgrade your pics to ‘Ultra HDR’ after the fact

The new Ultra HDR editing option is now rolling out to some Google Photos users.

Apr 21, 2025 - 05:30
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Google Photos now lets you upgrade your pics to ‘Ultra HDR’ after the fact

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  • Google Photos is starting to roll out a new “Ultra HDR” editing option that lets users convert regular photos into Ultra HDR after capture.
  • The feature is reportedly appearing in version 7.24.0.747539053 for some users via a server-side update.
  • Ultra HDR images render richer colors and brightness levels on devices with HDR displays.

Google Photos has been working on an “Ultra HDR” editing feature for a while now. We first spotted signs of the feature in the app last September, but at the time, the option wasn’t functional, and it wasn’t clear what it was supposed to do. Still, we had a hunch it was tied to the Ultra HDR file format Google introduced with Android 14.