▁and ▁artificial ▁intelligence ▁to ▁automatically ▁red raw ▁photos ▁to ▁art istic ▁effects . ▁ ▁The ▁app ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁P icas . In c , ▁a ▁subs idi ary ▁of ▁IO bit . ▁It ▁was ▁first ▁launched ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁for ▁Android ▁and ▁few ▁weeks ▁later , ▁the ▁app ▁was ▁featured ▁on ▁Google ▁Play ▁Store ▁as ▁editor ' s ▁choice . ▁On ▁ 1 2 ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁developer ▁launched ▁a ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁app ▁for ▁iOS . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 4 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁developer ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁online ▁photo ▁editing ▁is ▁available ▁on ▁P icas ▁official ▁website . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁app ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁P icas . In c , ▁a ▁subs idi ary ▁of ▁IO bit , ▁foc using ▁on ▁picture ▁art work ▁and ▁picture ▁priv acy ▁protection . ▁IO bit , ▁founded ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁provides ▁consum ers ▁with ▁innov ative ▁system ▁util ities ▁for ▁Windows , ▁Mac , ▁and ▁Android ▁OS ▁to ▁greatly ▁enh ance ▁their ▁performance ▁and ▁project ▁them ▁from ▁security ▁thre ats . ▁With ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁awards , ▁ 2 5 0 ▁million ▁download s ▁and ▁ 1 0 ▁million ▁active ▁users ▁world wide , ▁IO bit ▁is ▁a ▁well - recogn ized ▁industry ▁leader . ▁ ▁Fe atures ▁ ▁Users ▁can ▁take ▁or ▁choose ▁a ▁picture ▁and ▁select ▁different ▁filters ▁to ▁turn ▁the ▁picture ▁into ▁art ▁effects . ▁At ▁launch ,