Microsoft is rolling out a new update for the Windows Photos app in the Insider program. Today's release introduces two new AI-powered features: light controls (Relight) and search with natural language (initially announced in early May 2025).
With Relight, users can set up to three light sources on a single image and customize their light color, focus point, brightness, and intensity. The app has built-in presets for quick light adjustments and styles, which you can apply with a single click. Microsoft says that besides styling your photos, Relight can correct poor lighting on images to make them look better.
As of right now, Relight is only available to Windows Insiders with Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs. However, Microsoft promises to release the feature to users with AMD and Intel-based Copilot+ PCs in the coming months.
Next is improved search, which is now semantically based, allowing you to find photos using natural language. For example, you can search for "sunset at the beach" or "family outdoor fun." Windows Photos will use AI to understand your request and find photos that best fit it. Note that improved search only works with locally stored and indexed pictures in the Pictures library. More information about indexing and supported languages is available in the official documentation.
Finally, two Windows Photos features are now available to Entra ID users: Restyle Image and Image Creator. Previously, these features were only available to customers with standard Microsoft Accounts. For reference, Restyle Image lets you use AI to reimagine your photo in a different style, while Image Creator enables you to generate pictures using text prompts.
The new features for the Windows Photos app are now rolling out in all Insider channels in version 2025.11060.5006.0 and higher. You can read more about them in the official announcement post.
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