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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAt Google\u2019s I\/O event in May, AI was everywhere you looked, but one feature stood out to me more than the others \u2013 AI generated wallpapers. While most AI image generators are just fun toys for people to experiment with, Google decided to do something different with the technology and integrate it into Android 14, or at least the Google Pixel version of it. As soon as I got my hands on the Google Pixel 8, I was eager to try out this exciting feature and see what it could do. Here\u2019s my experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a company whose search engine can find you thousands of images from all over the web, the\u00a0Google\u00a0Pixel\u2019s built-in catalogue of wallpapers that one can access from the Wallpaper & style section can feel a bit\u2026limiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Android\u00a014 spices things up by allowing users to virtually pick between an infinite set of wallpapers, thanks to generative AI\u2019s magical ability to produce something unique with each prompt. The OS also clearly wants you to try out this feature, as it places it at the top of the wallpapers section right next to the emoji wallpapers feature released earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead of letting you type out your own prompt from scratch, the AI wallpapers feature gives you some guidance and shows you a carousel of categories like Imaginary, Luminous, Night, Terrain, and Volcanic. Tapping on any of these categories reveals a pre-engineered prompt with some words that you can customise. It may seem limiting at first, but once you start playing around with it, you realise that each word combination can produce a wildly different wallpaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each word has a set of presets that you can tap on to replace the word and generate a new wallpaper. Each prompt generates multiple wallpapers that you can swipe through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Creating wallpapers like these requires a lot of computing power. Although we have seen phones generate images on-device before, this feature relies on Google\u2019s computers. In other words, the images are created by Google off-device, and then you download what Google creates. That means you need the internet to use this feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the tool still isn\u2019t perfect. Some word combinations are too weird or vague for even an AI to visualise, like \u201cA surreal palace made of cotton in shades of blue and indigo,\u201d which doesn\u2019t seem to register the word \u201ccotton\u201d at all. Plus it doesn\u2019t help that these wallpapers are not exactly 4K quality, and they look especially pixelated when they try to render more complex objects. You might want to stick to simpler categories like Night and Volcano, which produce more abstract and less detailed wallpapers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My personal favourite prompt was \u201cAbstract gray mountain with clouds\u201d from the Night category, which matched my love for moody aesthetics perfectly. Unfortunately, I couldn\u2019t save it to my gallery or share it with anyone, because Google doesn\u2019t allow that. The only way to keep your favorite wallpapers is to set them as your home screen, and they will be stored in the \u201cYour AI wallpapers\u201d section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This feature is currently exclusive to the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, so if you don\u2019t have one of those devices, you\u2019re out of luck. Maybe other brands will follow Google\u2019s lead and offer their own versions of generative AI wallpapers in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It remains to be seen if Google will let other devices use this feature besides the Pixel \u2013 it\u2019s only for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro right now \u2013 but you can still expect other brands to give their own spin to the generative AI wallpapers trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To try this feature on your Pixel, just press and hold on your home screen, tap on Wallpaper & style, tap More wallpapers, and go to the AI wallpaper section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n