Pixel Auto Best Take: Google Pixel AI Camera Feature
Perfect Group Photos, Sorted: Meet Pixel's Auto Best Take
Google Pixel's helpful AI photo editing feature, Best Take, blends your snaps for a single, fantastic result where everyone looks their best.
13 August 2026
- Auto Best Take makes group photos faster and less stressful in just one tap
- Found on the latest Google Pixel phones, Auto Best Take blends similar photos into one fantastic image where everyone looks their best
- Rely less on strangers to help you take the perfect photo
Think back to the last time you gathered everyone for a group photo. You count to three, the flash goes off, and you immediately hear the chorus of complaints: "Wait, I blinked!" or "My eyes were closed!" You take another five shots just to be safe, but when you check the gallery later, you realise the perfect photo simply doesn't exist. You have ten near-perfect pictures, but none where everyone is looking at the camera and smiling at the same time.
If you have a Google Pixel 8 series phone or later, it has a useful photo editing tool that help fix blinking in photos or people looking away. With Best Take on your Google Pixel phone, and it allows you to blend similar photos into one fantastic image where everyone looks their best. It’s like having a personal photo editor with you, wherever you go. For Pixel 10 series phones, Auto Best Take is an enhanced version that automatically takes multiple photos with one shutter press and gives you the final photo with everyone’s best expression.
Here is a simple guide on how to get the perfect group photo every time:
- Open the Camera App: Open the default camera app on your Google Pixel phone.
- Frame Your Shot: Gather your group and frame the photo as you normally would.
- Take a Burst: To give the AI enough data to work with, take a quick burst of photos. Simply hold down the shutter button for a second or two, or take several photos in quick succession. This is only available for the Pixel 10 series phone. For older models, photos are snapped based on the number of taps you hit the shutter button.
- Review the Result: After you take the photos, open the image in Google Photos. The Pixel camera on your Pixel 10 series phone will automatically process the sequence and present you with the final, optimised image where everyone looks their best. You can achieve this on your older Pixel model by manually going through your photo album and selecting the best expressions to merge.
- Share Instantly: The final image is ready to share instantly, saving you the time you would normally spend sorting through dozens of near-perfect shots.
This means you can focus on the moment, knowing that the Pixel camera has already captured the perfect expression for everyone in the frame.
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