Video Boost

Why It Exists

Mobile videos often suffer from shaky footage, poor lighting, and compression artifacts. Users need professional-quality video enhancement without complex editing software or cloud processing.

How It Works

Video Boost is Google's on-device AI video enhancement tool powered by Gemini Nano. It analyzes video footage, identifies issues like camera shake, low light noise, color cast, and compression artifacts, then applies intelligent corrections. The system uses multiple on-device AI models for stabilization, denoising, color grading, and motion interpolation. All processing occurs locally on supported Pixel devices using the Tensor NPU, ensuring privacy. Video Boost was introduced with the Pixel 9 Pro series.

Everyday Use Cases

• Video stabilization
• Low-light noise reduction
• Color correction
• Compression artifact removal
• Motion smoothing
• Resolution enhancement

User Workflow

• User selects a video or records new footage
• Selects Video Boost enhancement options
• Gemini Nano analyzes the video on-device
• AI applies stabilization, denoising, and color correction
• Enhanced video is exported and saved

AI Processing Flow

Video frames are analyzed by on-device Gemini Nano vision models for motion, lighting, and quality issues. A stabilization model compensates for camera shake using gyroscopic data. Denoising models reduce noise while preserving detail. Color correction models adjust white balance, saturation, and contrast. Motion interpolation adds frames for smoother playback. All processing uses the Tensor NPU with no cloud upload.

Inputs / Outputs

Inputs:

• Video footage
• Gyroscope data
• Lighting conditions
• Motion vectors
• Audio tracks
• User enhancement preferences

Outputs:

• Stabilized video
• Reduced noise
• Corrected colors
• Smoother motion
• Enhanced contrast
• Sharper details

Known Limitations

• Only available on Pixel 9 Pro and newer
• Enhancement takes 2 to 3x the video length
• Battery intensive
• May reduce sharpness in some cases
• Longer videos take significant processing time

Unsupported Scenarios

• 4K video recording enhancement
• Real-time streaming stabilization
• Professional broadcast equipment
• Non-Pixel devices
• HDR video processing

Performance Notes

Stabilization processing at 2x real-time on Tensor G4; Denoising at 1.5x real-time; NPU acceleration for all AI models; Battery consumption 20 to 25 percent for 5 minute video enhancement

Available On

Shows where this feature is available and how its AI processing works on each platform. Availability may vary by device.

Research Status

Confidence and verification reflect how complete documentation is. Fields may show Not assessed or Not yet verified while research is ongoing - this flags gaps, not product deficiencies.

Research Notes

Available on Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro series; Requires Google Tensor G4 or later; Introduced October 2024 with Pixel 9; Uses Gemini Nano 2 vision model; 5 enhancement tools; 4K export supported on Pixel 10

Details

Capability Mapping

This feature maps to canonical capability family: Image Generation.

Canonical capability: Image Generation.

• Image Generation - Creates novel imagery or emoji-like generated outputs from prompts.

Grounded in 2 device(s) on Gemini Nano.