Google Photos Archives

Pixel Phones are Getting a Bunch of New Features

Kellen December 9, 2019

Google announced that its Pixel phones are getting the first ever "Pixel feature drop" this week, which is mostly Google saying that a batch of new features are coming to your phone. The first "feature drop" brings new features to the Pixel 4, Pixel 3, Pixel...

Google Creates New Messaging Service, This Time Within Google Photos

Kellen December 3, 2019

Remember when Google built a special, stand-alone messaging/sharing experience into YouTube only to kill it 2 years later? They are making that same play today within Google Photos. Google Photos is getting an update that allows you to have private...

You’ll Soon be Able to Transfer Photos, Videos From Facebook Directly to Google Photos

Tim December 2, 2019

Because no one would blame you if you want to completely ditch Facebook these days, an upcoming tool (developed by Facebook), will allow you to quickly transfer all of your photos and videos from Facebook's servers into your Google Photos account. Currently,...

Google Photos Gets Manual Face Tagging

Tim November 27, 2019

Before this week's update, Google Photos liked to tag faces all on its own in your People & Pets album. For the most part, it does a fine job at correctly identifying people in your life, but sometimes, the system doesn't work. For example, I have baby...

Google Photos Gets New Editing Features, Includes Drawing and Highlights

Tim November 25, 2019

Over the weekend, Google announced a couple of editing tool additions for Google Photos. Now, users can find options to draw, highlight, and add text to photos. We’re excited to announce some new editing features rolling out on the Google Photos Android app,...

Pixel 4 Fans Fire Up Online Petition for Google to Bring Back Unlimited Original Quality Backups

Tim October 17, 2019

Shortly after Google unveiled the new Pixel 4, it was noted on the device's listing page that it would not include unlimited Google Photos storage for original quality photos. Instead, Google is offering unlimited "high quality" backups. This, of course,...

PSA: Pixel 4 Does Not Come With Unlimited Original Quality Photo Backups

Tim October 15, 2019

Unlike previous years, the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL will not come with unlimited original quality photo backups inside of Google Photos. As you may be aware, Google used to couple past Pixel devices with unlimited cloud storage for original quality photos inside...

Google Photos Now Offers Photo and Canvas Prints, Search by Text Goes Live

Tim September 12, 2019

Back in August, Google announced that Google Photos users would soon be able to search photos by the text inside of them. This function is ideal if you're looking for a photo of a recipe or something like that. Today, that feature is live. Maybe more cool,...