X has rolled out an update to its in-app photo editor, introducing AI-powered editing features through Grok. The update allows users to edit images using text prompts, alongside new tools for blurring faces and adding text overlays.
The social platform is also adding automatic translation to its available features. The automatic translator lets you toggle the feature on or off for specific languages as well.
With the new update, users can describe the changes they want, and Grok will apply edits directly to the image. A demonstration shared by X’s Head of Product, Nikita Bier, showed an image being modified to appear as if it were displayed in a museum.
The feature also supports simpler adjustments, allowing users to modify backgrounds or make visual changes through conversational prompts. This brings X’s editor closer to dedicated photo apps such as Google Photos, which introduced similar conversational editing tools using Gemini in September 2025.
The updated editor includes tools for blurring or redacting parts of an image, drawing directly on photos, and adding text overlays. These additions expand the platform’s built-in editing capabilities beyond basic adjustments.
X previously allowed users to request image edits by tagging Grok in replies. However, the feature led to widespread misuse, with users generating millions of inappropriate images, including some involving minors.
Following these issues, the platform restricted Grok’s image generation features to paid subscribers and removed the ability to create images of real people in revealing or suggestive contexts.
xAI, the parent company of X, is currently facing a class action lawsuit filed by three teenagers. The plaintiffs allege their photos were used to generate exploitative content using Grok.
In addition, X is under investigation in the European Union over reports that its platform was used to create non-consensual images.
The updated photo editor is currently available on iOS devices, with an Android rollout expected soon.