Tech Desk 
Nov 22, 2025
Google Photos is finally reversing one of its most frustrating decisions. After a major redesign earlier this year, the app removed several familiar editing tools, including the perspective correction tool, a feature many users relied on for quick photo fixes.
Reportedly, the tool is making its way back, and Google appears close to restoring it for everyone.
Google Photos perspective correction tool
Google removed the perspective correction tool when it introduced the overhauled editing interface, the layout of which looked cleaner but quietly dropped the ability to adjust perspective while cropping images.
Users took this change to social media and showcased their frustration. Google later confirmed that perspective correction would return, without giving any timeline. As of now, there was no clear sign of progress.
However, with a recent build of the Google Photos app, testers managed to enable it, thus confirming that Google is, in fact, working on its complete rollout.
The feature is not yet live in the public version; the tool is clearly back inside the app's code and works precisely as intended.
It is not shown directly when the editor is opened to activate the tool; users have to start cropping or tap the framing icon in the top left. After that, the perspective correction icon will appear.
The feature works smoothly: one gets to accurately adjust corners, sees a zoomed preview for accuracy, and can also view the final transformation before saving the edit.
For many users this return feels like it's long overdue. Many wondered why Google removed such a widely used tool in the first place. Now that it works again in the testing phase, the public release should not be far behind.
