How To Create Generative AI Wallpapers With Android 14
Android 14 has a lot of exciting new features, especially for Pixel phones. Google has added new customization options that liven up and personalize the home screen and lock screen, including new AI wallpapers. They let you use different words to describe the type of wallpaper you want, and your phone will generate it instantly, giving you tons of options to choose from.
In Android 14, AI-generated wallpapers are created using Google's text-to-image streaming model, which we've seen elsewhere, like Google Search. The feature will come to the Pixel 8 series "first" and is available now, but it's likely to come to other Android phones later, possibly to other Pixels later.
This is a really cool feature that lets you create interesting wallpapers. How to start creating your own AI wallpapers.
How to create AI wallpapers on Pixel 8
1. Long press on the home screen, then select wallpaper and style .
2. Select "Other wallpapers" below.
3. Select the AI wallpaper in the upper left corner.
4. Select a theme from the available options.
5. Touch the underlined words to change the attribute.
6. Click the Create Wallpaper button below. Alternatively, you can click the Inspire Me button below to randomize attributes.
7. Wait for the image to be created.
8. Scroll through the available images and select the image you want to use. If you don't see the word you're interested in, click one of the words (you can change it if necessary) and click the Create Background button again to create other images. You can click the dropdown menu above to change the theme.
9. When you find an image you like , tap the icon in the upper right corner and follow the instructions to set the image on your lock screen and/or home screen.
The functionality is pretty cool, but still seems limited
Generative AI is all the rage these days, so it's nice to see that Google has already started with Android 14. However, I wish Google would go a little further with AI wallpapers. Don't get me wrong, AI wallpapers are awesome. My problem is that they are very limited and you are limited to Google's own queries and attributes.
We're already seeing Google move to text-to-image with search, where users can type what they want to search for into the search box, and that's the freedom I want with wallpapers. I'd love to create a cool retro wave wallpaper or let Google go completely crazy with their design. Instead, Google's restrictions create beautiful images, but they're all pretty harmless.
But besides more freedom, I also want to share this creativity with others. When I create a beautiful wallpaper, I'd like to see a share button to send my best results to others, and vice versa. For now, we're limited to taking screenshots and cropping or sharing whatever text attributes we want in the hope that someone else can get the same results, rather than saying what could be easier.
Perhaps these additions will come in future updates or with Android 15, but for now we'll have to do it.
Google Pixel 8
Best AI features
Enjoy Android 14 with the Google Pixel 8, this year's affordable Pixel flagship. The device is highly capable and offers amazing features like AI powered wallpapers, Magic Editor, Audio Magic Eraser and powerful on-device translations.
