Google Photos adds meme generator: how to turn your photos into memes with AI

Google continues to equip Photos with increasingly sophisticated creative tools. The platform has just added an experimental feature called Me Meme, designed to transform any portrait into personalized memes with just a few taps. This new feature, discovered on Google Photos’ official support page, allows your photos to become ready-to-share templates without the need for external apps.

What is Me Meme: the new AI tool for creating memes from photos

Me Meme is a generative artificial intelligence feature located within the “Create” menu of Google Photos, the same place where you already find options to make collages, highlight videos, or animate your images. The difference now is that you can take creativity a step further: your photos are turned into memes using preset templates or custom references.

Google recommends using well-lit, front-facing portraits for the best results. However, the company clearly warns that the feature is still in the experimental phase, so the generated images may not exactly match your original photo. Despite this, the concept is clear: an accessible meme generator directly from your gallery, with no intermediaries.

How it works: steps to generate your memes in Google Photos

The process to create memes is straightforward. Once Me Meme is available on your device, follow these steps:

1. Open the Google Photos app on your phone
2. Tap “Create” at the bottom and select “Me Meme”
3. Choose a template from the available options
4. Tap “Add photo” to select the image you will use
5. Tap “Generate” for the AI to process and create your meme

Once the process is complete, your meme will be ready to save to your gallery, regenerate with different variations, or share directly on social media. On both iOS and Android, new users will see an introductory screen with the “Try now” option to explore the tool without commitments.

Availability: when the meme generator will arrive in your region

For now, Me Meme is only available to some users in the United States and is marked as experimental. This means Google will likely make adjustments: changing the location within the app, modifying templates, or refining styles as it gathers user feedback.

There is no confirmed release date in Mexico yet, although it is expected that Me Meme will gradually roll out to more regions, as with other experimental Google features. Many wonder whether this tool will be as smooth as promised or if users will continue relying on alternatives like ChatGPT or other AI apps that already offer more advanced meme generation.

What’s interesting is that Google aims to integrate these functions directly into your gallery, removing unnecessary steps and centralizing the creative experience in one place. Over time, this could change how we share and create humorous content from our devices.