Meta is blurring the line between your camera roll and your social feed. A new Facebook feature now lets Meta AI suggest edits to photos stored on your phone, even if you haven’t shared them yet.
The update, rolling out across the U.S. and Canada, gives users the option to “allow cloud processing” so Meta’s AI can access their camera roll and offer creative posting ideas. Once enabled, Facebook can generate collages, AI restyled photos, recap videos, or themed edits (like birthdays or trips) and prompt you to share them directly to your Feed or Stories.
While Meta says this feature is optional and can be turned off anytime, it does involve continuously uploading your photos to Meta’s cloud. The company insists this content won’t be used for ad targeting or AI training, unless you actively edit or share the AI-generated results.
Still, agreeing to Meta’s AI Terms of Service means the system can analyze your images, detect faces, summarize content, and even generate new visuals based on what it finds. Meta also uses metadata like dates, people, and objects in your photos to create “creative ideas,” effectively mapping your personal context.
The move gives Meta a potential edge in the AI arms race, unlocking access to billions of unposted moments that could fuel future creative tools, personalization systems, and content recommendations.
Users can manage or disable the feature by going to Settings → Preferences → Camera Roll Sharing Suggestions, where two toggles control photo suggestions and cloud processing.
Meta previously confirmed that it trains its AI models on publicly shared content from Facebook and Instagram, and gave EU users until May 27, 2025, to opt out. It’s also training its image AI on media captured through Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. With this new update, Meta is positioning Facebook not just as a platform for sharing life, but for curating it, too.