By @talkandroid
Publication Date: 2025-12-13 16:30:00
Good news for photo perfectionists: Google Photos is bringing back one of its most beloved editing tools after quietly removing it earlier this year. Fans had been vocal about its disappearance, and it seems Google has finally listened.
A makeover with a missing piece
Over the summer, Google rolled out a significant redesign of its Photos editor, part of a broader update to unify the look of its apps under the Material You design language. The refreshed interface looked clean and modern, with simplified menus and expanded accessibility for tools that were once exclusive to Pixel 9 devices.
But the redesign came with one frustrating omission — the perspective correction tool. For many users, it was the unsung hero of mobile photo editing, allowing them to straighten crooked lines or fix skewed architecture shots with a quick finger drag. When it vanished, social media threads and community forums lit up with complaints from loyal users who relied on it…