Pixel 9 brings an Audio Magic Eraser upgrade that makes your videos sound even better

Google Photos got a nifty AI-powered feature with the Pixel 8 series last year that lets you reduce the volume of distracting sounds in videos. Dubbed Audio Magic Eraser, the feature can split the audio track in your videos into distinct layers and lets you decrease the volume of specific layers to remove unwanted noises or make specific sounds stand out. With the new Pixel 9 series, Google has introduced some improvements that make the feature even more impressive.

Although Google did not highlight any changes for the Audio Magic Eraser feature during its Made by Google event earlier this month, we can confirm that it now also lets you increase the volume of specific sounds. As shown in the following screenshots, the volume slider on the Pixel 8 Pro only lets you drop down below 0. Whereas, on the Pixel 9 Pro, it can go up to 100, letting you boost the volume of specific tracks.

This improvement can be useful in cases where you can barely hear specific sounds in a video, like a person speaking softly, as it won’t force you to completely drown out other sounds. To use the feature, you’ll have to edit a video in Google Photos on a Pixel 9 series device and select the Audio Eraser option in the Audio tab. After the app identifies all the audio tracks within the video, you’ll be able to select each track and increase or decrease the volume using the slider.

At the moment, we’re not sure if Google plans to release this Audio Magic Eraser improvement to the Pixel 8 series. It’s not live in the current Google Photos release on our Pixel 8 Pro, but it could arrive with a future update.