Snapseed tests finer quality and Exif controls for saving and batch editing images

The renewed Snapseed photo editor launched on iOS and Android earlier this year, and Google has since rolled out several useful features. Recently, the app received support for adding custom LUTs and nuanced color grading. Along with these already-launched features, Google has also been testing options to launch the Snapseed camera quickly, creating collages, long-exposure photography, and more. Now, it seems to be testing features that offer better control over how you export or save photos.

The new Snapseed app lets you set parameters, including image quality and file extension, and choose whether to save or strip sections of the Exif data, which holds metadata about the image. The latter includes GPS, camera specifications, and settings used to capture the photo, all of which can be disabled separately. With a future update, Google could take this a step forward with more granular controls.

We’ve seen evidence that Google is working to split the existing options into three sections based on how you save the image. Instead of a single unified set of settings, Snapseed could soon allow users to set different settings based on whether they Export, Save, or Batch edit photos.

This distinction applies to both Format as well as Exif data settings. We reverse-engineered the package and unlocked it on our device to give you a peek at the upcoming interface. Below, you can see different sets of settings for each export mode, separated by a dedicated tab for each:

Just like format and save settings, here’s a similar set of settings for Exif data before exporting photos:

It goes without saying that we can’t say when these new export settings roll out. However, given Snapseed’s previous trends of quick feature rollouts, we hope a useful feature like this arrives soon.