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Shortly after we published this article, a reader informed us that Google Photos' Color Pop feature is locked behind a Google One paywall. I reached out to Google for confirmation but haven't heard back yet.

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@xdadevelopers

Nov 6, 2020

Google Photos 5.18 confirms premium editing features for Google One members buff.ly/2U0b9Du

6:18 PM · Nov 6, 2020

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FWIW, I signed into Google Photos on a Google account that does NOT have a Google One membership and was still able to use the Color Pop feature. So it seems this is being tested with a handful of users.

x.szmr

@sizmur_luke

Nov 6, 2020

After reading the article I thought it would be introducing new editing features behind a paywall.... Not current ones 🙄

Mishaal Rahman

@MishaalRahman

Nov 6, 2020

That's what we assumed, too.

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Do you have Google One?

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Tanishq Khera

@tanishq_hacker

Nov 6, 2020

I have this feature locked for 2 months now, i am not subscribed to Google One

Mishaal Rahman

@MishaalRahman

Nov 6, 2020

Got screenshots?

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It looks like

got a response from Google: "As a part of an ongoing rollout that began earlier this year, Google One members can apply the feature to even more photos of people, including those without depth information.”

Mishaal Rahman

@MishaalRahman

Nov 7, 2020

Color pop will "[continue] to be available for anyone to use, at no cost" for photos with depth information (such as portrait mode).”

Shahul Hameed Akbar

@ShahulHAkbar

Nov 6, 2020

Though I have Google one, it's silly of them to lock even the color pop. And we definitely need a tier between 200GB and 2 TB.

Google

@Google

Nov 9, 2020

Hi there, while we don't have a plan between 200GB and 2TB currently, you can always let us know what you'd like to see in the future by going to the Support tab > Send feedback in your Google One app.