Google on Wednesday unveiled a conversational photo-editing tool for Google Photos that lets users request changes by speaking or typing natural-language prompts. The feature, dubbed “edit by asking,” can perform tasks ranging from lighting adjustments and object removal to more creative alterations such as changing backgrounds or adding items to an image. The capability is powered by Google’s Gemini artificial-intelligence model and debuts next week on the company’s new Pixel 10 smartphones in the United States. Google said the function will roll out to other Android and iOS devices over the coming weeks. Pixel 10 handsets will also be the first phones to embed C2PA Content Credentials in both the camera and Google Photos, giving viewers standardized metadata showing how an image was captured or modified and whether AI was involved. Google positions the provenance labels as part of a broader push for transparency around AI-generated or AI-edited content.