Google starts rolling out big Snapseed 4.0 update for Android 

In June of 2025, Google surprisingly released a major update for Snapseed after a long dormancy. After confirming at the start of this year that iOS exclusivity was set to end, Snapseed 4.0 is now beginning to roll out to Android.

As of today, the Play Store listing has been updated for the new app, which is version 4.0. Since last year, iOS has been on version 3.0, so both platforms are getting an updated interface with this release. Updated assets from Google Play provide a glimpse of the interface.

This includes how Google has brought over the Snapseed Camera to “capture using custom styles or film looks.” This includes “real-time effects that can be edited or reset later.”

The Android redesign starts with a new homepage grid that shows photos you’ve edited using Snapseed. To start editing, tap “Add Photo” at the bottom to open the system file picker.

The editor is organized into three bottom tabs: Looks, Tools, and Export. That middle tab is further grouped by Refine, Fix, Style, and All.

Like before, you drag left/right to make value adjustments. Depending on the tool, you can still swipe up/down to access different options. In the top-right corner, you can quickly change between dark/light themes and enable the histogram.

Meanwhile, the Snapseed Camera is accessed from a FAB (floating action button) on the homepage. This viewfinder is quite skeuomorphic with a “Pro” mode that lets you control ISO, Shutter Speed, and Focus.

Besides using your custom saved looks, Snapseed Camera offers real-time “film emulation” in the following styles:

• KP1: Inspired by Kodak Portra 400
• KP2: Inspired by Kodak Portra 160
• KG1: Inspired by Kodak Gold 200
• KE1: Inspired by Kodak E200
• FS1: Inspired by Fuji Superia 200
• FS2: Inspired by Fuji Superia 800
• FP1: Inspired by Fuji Pro 400h
• AG1: Inspired by Agfa Optima 200
• AS1: Inspired by Agfa Scala 200
• PD1: Inspired by Polaroid 600
• TC1: Inspired by Technicolor

Other settings let you set a different Color Theme for the viewfinder: Editor, Dusk, Negative, Steel, Haze, and Depth.

This Android update is not yet widely available and is seeing a staged rollout as of Friday morning. Snapseed 4.0 on iOS is fully available, with Google explaining that the “editing process [is now] smoother and more intuitive.” Specifically:

Refreshed Interface and Expanded Favorites: We’ve updated the look and feel of the app for a smoother, more intuitive workflow. You can now further customize your workspace by adding more favorited tools, keeping your most-used features right at your fingertips.

Notably, these “30+ pro tools and filters” are available with “no subscriptions, purchases, ads, or watermarks.”

• Snapseed Camera – shoot directly in your favorite film simulations or custom looks to capture your unique style in real-time and skip the editing step

• Adjust – adjust exposure and color automatically or manually with fine, precise control

• One-Touch Masking – instantly select subjects or backgrounds with smart precision for seamless targeted edits

• Selective – precisely adjust brightness, contrast, or saturation in specific areas without affecting the rest of your photo

• Healing – remove the uninvited neighbor from a group picture

• Film – get beautiful looks with our completely updated, realistic film simulations of historic film stocks

• Batch Edit – apply your custom looks and edits to an entire batch of photos instantly

• Halation – add an authentic highlight glow to replicate classic analog lens effects

• Bloom – create a soft, dreamy optical diffusion to light sources for a cinematic finish

• RAW Develop – open and tweak some RAW files types

• Double Exposure – combine two photos using blend modes inspired by film and digital processing

• Portrait – modern tools to quickly enhance lighting, adjust poses, and refine facial features

• Details – magically brings out surface structures in images

• Crop and rotate – crop to standard sizes, rotate by 90°, or straighten a skewed horizon

• Perspective – fix skewed lines and perfect the geometry of horizons or buildings

• White Balance – adjust the colors so that the image looks more natural

• Brush – selectively retouch exposure, saturation, brightness or warmth

• Vignette – darken image corners for a classic photographic effect

• Curves – have precise control over the brightness levels in your photos

• Color HSL – precisely adjust hue, saturation, and luminance of any color

• Dehaze – instantly clear haze, fog, or glare for better contrast and detail

• Expand – increase the size of your canvas

• Lens Blur – add a beautiful Bokeh to images (background softening)

• Glamour Glow – add a fine glow to images, great for fashion or portraits

• Tonal Contrast – boost details selectively in the shadows, midtones and highlights

• Black & White – classic Black and White look straight out of the darkroom

• and more!