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6 Fresh New Features Arrive in Android Feature Drop for June

Kellen June 10, 2025 2

In addition to Android 16 arriving and Google giving Pixel owners a Feature Drop, they've also given all Android owners their own June Feature Drop. While not the largest in history, there are at least 6 items you should know about. The June Android Feature...

Google Paused Rollout of Its “Ask Photos” AI Search in Google Photos

Kellen June 4, 2025 2

In May of last year at Google I/O, Google showed off a new search feature for Google Photos called "Ask Photos." This switch in search functionality was supposed to be the future, as it was powered by AI and could potentially help you find long lost photos,...

Search for Exact Words in Google Photos Using Quotes

Tim June 3, 2025 2

Search inside of Google Photos is already pretty good. You can search for cars or certain landscapes, but thanks to an update, you can now search for specific text inside of Photos using quotation marks. When using quotes, users can search for exact text...

Google Photos Celebrates 10 Years, Intros Redesigned Editor and QR Codes

Tim May 28, 2025 7

Exactly 10 years ago today, Google Photos was launched. Google is celebrating its birthday by providing a bunch of wild usage stats, as well as introducing new features. If you've ever been curious about the type of numbers Photos puts up, how does 1.5 billion...

Google’s Gallery App With 1 Billion Downloads Surprises Pixel Owners With Its Existence

Kellen May 8, 2025 12

Back in 2019, when Google was still pushing its "Go" apps as slim apps meant for phones without much storage or RAM, they gave us app called "Gallery Go." At that time, the pitch for this app was to give people a photos and videos app that was lightweight,...

Android Users Can Now Edit Photos, Videos in Shared Albums

Tim April 30, 2025 1

Google Photos users on Android can now edit photos and videos in shared albums, a feature that has apparently been available to iPhone and iPad users for a bit. You'll still need to be the owner of the file to have editing capabilities, but once edited, you...

Google Photos Getting Ultra HDR Editing Option

Tim April 21, 2025 1

Google Photos is rolling out the ability for users to upgrade their standard photos to Ultra HDR photos after they have already been taken, which means more colorful and brighter photos for everyone. Noticed to be a server-side change with app version 7.24.0....

Google Says Magic Editor Will Properly Save Photo Edits After Fix

Kellen April 3, 2025 5

Google Photos users who use Magic Editor to spice up or clean up photos they've taken were having some sort of issue with editing and then saving. Google made a very short post today to their Photos community group to announce they've rolled out a fix for...