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title: "Stabilize Video on Android (Google Photos) | stabilize.video"
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# 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.

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

1. ### Open the video
In the Google Photos app, open the shaky video.
2. ### Go to Auto
Tap **Edit**, then **Auto** in the tools along the bottom.
3. ### 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.
4. ### 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](https://stabilize.video/stabilize-video-iphone) 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 Stabilize and the browser stabiliser compared__
| 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

### 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.

### 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.

## More on stabilising on your phone

* [ Stabilize a video online Smooth out shaky footage in your browser, with nothing uploaded. ](https://stabilize.video/)
* [ Stabilise video on your phone, no app needed Use the stabiliser in your phone’s browser, and keep it on your home screen like an app. ](https://stabilize.video/video-stabilizer-app)
* [ Stabilize a video on iPhone Steady a clip you’ve already filmed, in Safari, with no app. ](https://stabilize.video/stabilize-video-iphone)
* [ OIS vs EIS, explained Optical, electronic and software stabilisation: how each works and what it costs. ](https://stabilize.video/ois-vs-eis)
* [ Stabilize video in CapCut Desktop, phone and web steps, and which of the three levels to pick. ](https://stabilize.video/stabilize-video-capcut)
* [ Fix a shaky video Which kinds of shake can be removed, which can’t, and the preset for each. ](https://stabilize.video/fix-shaky-video)