Adobe's experimental Indigo camera app, originally launched to provide a "more natural (SLR-like) look" for iPhone photography, is now being updated with generative AI tools in what the company calls an "AI Playground" update. The update doesn't rely on Adobe's own Firefly AI models but instead uses Google's Nano Banana AI model "to start," with the possibility of switching or adding additional model support over time.
The AI Playground, added with version 1.1, includes four sections: Styles (AI-generated filter effects), Object Editing (removes people/objects and fills backgrounds, similar to Google's Magic Eraser), Photo Guidance (AI feedback for reshoots and editing), and Custom Edit (broader prompting for detailed image manipulation). Each section contains multiple toggles that trigger GenAI with engineered prompts, and users can press buttons again for different results.
Adobe describes the AI Playground as an experiment and says there's an opt-out button to continue using the app as before. Free access with no sign-on requirement is being tested with a small percentage of Indigo users over the next few weeks. "Our goal is to learn how people use GenAI-powered editing," said Adobe fellow Marc Levoy. "If the feature proves popular, we will eventually offer a paid version."