Where is the Stabilize option in Google Photos?
Open the video, tap Edit, then Auto, and Stabilize is there with Enhance. Tap Save to keep a stabilised copy. It is only in the Android app.
Guide · free tool included
How to stabilize a video on Android with Google Photos
Where Google Photos keeps its Stabilize button, what Samsung’s Super steady and Pixel’s stabilisation modes do while you film, and a browser option with real settings.
Drop an Android video to steady it
It opens with the Walking preset, which suits most handheld phone clips. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is installed.Pick the clip from your gallery or files. It stays on your phone.
Works with MP4MOVWebMMKVand more
Stabilised on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
To stabilise a video on Android, open it in the Google Photos app, tap Edit, then Auto, and tap Stabilize. Play it back to check, then tap Save at the top to keep a copy with the change. There are no settings beyond that one button, and the iPhone version of Google Photos doesn’t have it.
If the button is missing, or the result isn’t steady enough, open this page in Chrome instead. It steadies the clip on your phone with presets for walking, running, vehicles and more, shows the result next to the original, and saves a new copy. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is installed. Samsung Galaxy and Pixel phones also have stabilisation settings for when you film, covered below.
Stabilize a video in Google Photos
Open the video
In the Google Photos app, open the shaky video.
Go to Auto
Tap Edit, then Auto in the tools along the bottom.
Tap Stabilize
Tap Stabilize and wait while the clip is processed. Play it back to check the result; expect the picture to be cropped slightly.
Save a copy
Tap Save at the top. Google Photos keeps the original and adds the stabilised copy.
Can’t find Stabilize in Google Photos?
- It is under Auto in the current video editor. Older versions of the app showed it elsewhere, so update Google Photos if you can’t see Auto.
- Only the Android app has it. Google Photos on iPhone and iPad offers no Stabilize option; use the iPhone guide instead.
- Google says phones that aren’t Pixels and still run Android 9 can’t edit videos in Google Photos at all, and some tools need more memory than older phones have.
Samsung Galaxy: stabilising while you record
Samsung’s help pages describe stabilisation on Galaxy phones only at the moment of recording. For a clip you have already filmed, Google Photos or the tool on this page is the answer.
- Video stabilisation (spelt the US way on US phones): in the Camera app, open the Quick controls (four dots), tap the settings icon, and find it under Videos. Samsung describes it as anti-shake that keeps the picture steady when the camera moves; keep it on.
- Super steady: in Video mode, tap the Super steady icon (a person in motion) at the top of the screen, or find it in Quick controls. Samsung describes it as reducing shakiness and blurriness; use it for filming on the move.
- Super steady with horizontal lock (Galaxy S26): tap the Super steady icon, then the Horizontal lock option. It uses the phone’s gyroscope and accelerometer to keep the horizon level even as the phone rotates. Samsung says it isn’t available with the front camera, in Pro Video or in Portrait Video.
Google Pixel: four ways to film steadier
In the Pixel Camera app, switch to Video, tap Video Settings at the bottom left, then Stabilization. Standard suits light movement, Locked is for still shots and Active for heavy movement such as running; Locked and Active need a Pixel 4a (5G) or later, and you can set the level of each. Cinematic Pan is a separate video mode (Pixel 7 and later) for smooth pans in one direction.
When one button isn’t enough
Google Photos’ Stabilize has no strength and no choice of style. The stabiliser at the top of this page runs in Chrome on Android, entirely on the phone, and gives you those choices.
| Google Photos | This page | |
|---|---|---|
| Settings | On or off | Presets under How was it filmed?, Smoothness, Camera, Framing and more |
| A tripod look | No | Camera: Locked, or the Tripod preset |
| Leaning lines from fast moves | No separate fix | Rolling shutter: Auto |
| Keeping the whole frame | Crops | Framing: Full frame fills the edges instead |
| Before and after | Play the copy back | Split or Side by side, or press and hold the picture |
| Where it runs | The Google Photos app | Your browser, on the phone; nothing uploaded |
Steps in Chrome
- Tap Choose a shaky video at the top of this page and pick the clip.
- Wait for Analysing motion…; the page starts with Walking, or pick the Suggested card.
- Press and hold the picture to compare with the original.
- Tap Export video, then Export video again to start; when it’s ready, tap Download, or Share to send it straight to an app.
Android stabilisation questions
Can Google Photos stabilise videos on iPhone?
No. The iPhone and iPad app has no Stabilize option. The tool on this page works in Safari on an iPhone instead.
Does the Samsung Gallery app have a stabiliser?
Samsung’s help pages don’t describe one: Galaxy stabilisation happens while recording, through Video stabilisation and Super steady. For a clip you have already filmed, use Google Photos’ Stabilize or this page in your browser.
What is Super steady on Samsung phones?
A stronger stabilisation mode for recording while you move, turned on with the person-in-motion icon in Video mode. On the Galaxy S26 it can also lock the horizon level. Use it for walking, running and other filming on the move.
Why didn’t Google Photos make my video steady enough?
It applies one fixed amount with no settings. For heavy walking bounce or running, use a stabiliser with stronger presets, such as Walking or Running on this page.
Do I need to install an app to stabilise video on Android?
No. Google Photos is already on most Android phones, and this page works in Chrome without installing anything. If you use it often, you can add it to your home screen from the browser menu.