What's new in product: September 2023

As we welcome the back-to-school season, we also return to exciting product updates from Photoroom! In this September product recap, you'll discover more recent product releases for iOS, Android, and Web, as well as a sneak peek of upcoming product improvements. Grab your pumpkin spice latte and stay tuned for a taste of what’s next!

New Updates

Use an inspiration image for your Instant Background

In addition to manual and assisted prompts, you now have the option to upload an image of your choice or search for an image from our Unsplash library as inspiration for Instant Backgrounds. Our AI will then attempt to generate similar backgrounds tailored to your preferences.

For: Pro and Business users

Platform: Photoroom for Web

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Multilingual captions and suggested scenes

Our AI will now give you “suggested scenes” in 30 more languages other than English. In the future, you will also be able to write custom prompts in other languages.

For: Pro and Business users

Platform: Photoroom for iOS, Android and Web

Coming soon

Better experience in switching backgrounds

We are improving your experience to switch to different types of backgrounds, including easier ways to reuse an Instant Background design. Stay tuned!

For: Free and Paid users

Platform: iOS and Android

Photoroom Widget on iOS 17

You will soon be able to add a Photoroom widget on your iPhone home screen as a shortcut to quickly remove background, and use Instant Backgrounds and Instant Shadows. It is also compatible with iPads.

For: Free and Paid users

Platform: iOS (iOS 17 required)

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Jeanette ShaI am a product enthusiast and a freelance photographer with a passion to connect with Photoroom users to understand their needs. At Photoroom, I write about our product updates and product tips.
What's new in product: September 2023

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