Canva: AI Photo & Video Editor for Android

Canva: AI Photo & Video Editor is a free graphic design application by Canva that lets anyone create polished visual content using customizable templates and built-in artificial intelligence tools.

At its core, the app combines a photo editor, video maker, and logo creator into a single workspace that automatically saves your projects to the cloud. You can start from scratch or choose from a vast library of layouts tailored for Instagram posts, presentations, flyers, resumes, and more. The AI-powered features are woven throughout the experience: type a short description to generate an image from text, let Magic Design turn an uploaded photo into a complete set of branded graphics, or use Magic Eraser to clean up unwanted objects in a tap. For video work, the editor supports trimming, cropping, slow-motion effects, and automatic beat synchronization with your chosen audio track, while captions can be translated into over 100 languages without leaving the app.

Canva is built for a broad audience—students assembling class presentations, entrepreneurs refreshing their brand identity, social media managers scheduling posts, and anyone who wants to make eye-catching visuals without mastering complex software. The free content library includes more than 2 million royalty-free images, thousands of watermark-free video clips, and over 25,000 pre-licensed music tracks, all available without ads or watermarks on your finished designs. A Pro subscription unlocks premium templates, the one-click Background Remover, and advanced resizing tools, but the free tier remains remarkably capable for everyday creative tasks.

Key features

• AI image generator that transforms text prompts into photos, videos, or graphic elements
• Background remover, magic eraser, and object swapping with Magic Edit for quick photo touch-ups
• Video editor with one-tap animations, slow motion, reverse playback, and automatic beat sync to music
• Auto-translate captions into over 100 languages directly inside the video maker
• Over 2 million royalty-free images, thousands of videos, and 25,000+ pre-licensed audio tracks
• Customizable templates for social media posts, presentations, resumes, logos, and flyers
• Brand Hub for storing logos, fonts, and colors, plus a content scheduler for Instagram and Facebook
• Real-time collaboration with 5 GB of cloud storage, accessible across devices

How to install

1. Tap the download button on this page to get the Canva APK file onto your device.
2. When prompted by Android, allow your browser or file manager to install apps by enabling the “Install unknown apps” setting.
3. Open the downloaded APK file from your notifications or file manager.
4. Tap “Install” and wait for the process to finish.
5. Launch the app and sign up or log in to start designing.

What's New · 2.381.0

This update brings a refreshed experience with new content additions and addresses minor bugs to enhance stability. The development team is also preparing more substantial features for future releases.

This app suits anyone who wants to produce professional-looking graphics and short videos from a phone or tablet, especially content creators, small business owners, students, and social media managers who value a large template library and AI-assisted editing without needing desktop software.

Review the app permissions on first launch: you can deny Camera or Microphone access and still use most photo editing and template features. If you prefer to keep your projects local, export finished designs to your device storage and delete them from Canva’s cloud when you are done.

For anyone seeking a powerful yet approachable design suite that respects user control, Canva offers an impressive balance of innovation and privacy. The app’s permissions are strictly tied to creative functionality—camera for capturing content, microphone for video narration, and storage for saving projects—without unnecessary intrusions. While a free account is required and some premium features demand payment, the core experience remains ad-free and watermark-free, making it a trustworthy tool for elevating visual content.