When removing a variant image using the in-app editor, you can now choose whether to also remove the image from the product itself.
Previously, removing a variant image would automatically remove that image from the product's media gallery as well if it was not referrenced by another variant. Now, a new checkbox labeled "Also remove image from product" gives you control over this behavior. By default, the checkbox is enabled to match the previous behavior, but you can uncheck it to keep the image available on the product while only removing the variant association.
This is useful when you want to reassign variant images without losing the original images from your product gallery.