A Facebook feature that gives Meta AI the ability to suggest edits to photos stored in your phone’s camera roll but not yet shared is now available to all users in the US and Canada. The company was announced on Friday when users can opt-in to receive these sharing suggestions, which will then prompt them to post photos to their Facebook feed and stories with the AI edits.
The Facebook app, first released as a test over the summer, displays a permission dialog asking for access to “allow cloud editing” so users can get “creative ideas generated for you from your camera roll.” This framework explains that the feature could offer ideas such as collages, recaps, AI remodeling, birthday themes, and more for the end user.
For the AI to work, the Facebook app would upload images from your device to its cloud on a continuous basis. This allows Meta’s AI to make its suggested modifications. Meta says that user media will not be used for ad targeting purposes and will not use the media to improve its AI systems unless the user takes the step to edit the media or share the edited photos with friends or others on its social network.
The feature can be disabled at any time.
Although Meta may not train its AI on all your photos, when you agree Meta’s AI Terms of Serviceyou allow your media and facial features to be analyzed with AI. The terms say that by editing your photos, Meta has the ability to “summarize image contents, modify images, and create new content based on the image.”
The company also uses the date and the presence of people or objects in your photos to generate its creative ideas, giving Meta a lot more information about you, your relationships and your life.
Additionally, giving Meta access to photos you haven’t yet shared on Meta’s platforms could give the company an edge in the AI race by providing a wealth of user data, behavioral insights and ideas for new AI features.
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The settings for the feature are in the Preferences section of Facebook Settings. On the Camera Roll Sharing Suggestions page, there are two toggles. The first allows Facebook to suggest photos from your camera roll while browsing the app. The second is where you could enable or disable ‘cloud editing’, which allows Meta to create AI images using photos from your camera roll.
Meta is leveraging its position as a dominant social network to improve its AI technology and has previously announced that it will train its image recognition AI on publicly shared data, including posts and comments on Facebook and Instagram. (EU users had until May 27, 2025to opt out.) Last year, it also said it would train its AI on images Ray-Ban Meta users asked the device to analyze.
