What you could know
- Google highlights the return of computerized third-party picture content material sharing by way of Companion Sharing.
- A publish states it will return as a brand new “Embody content material from different Android apps” possibility inside the Pictures app’s Companion Sharing settings.
- Whereas Google initially eliminated it to assist scale back “muddle,” consumer suggestions has pushed it to return the function.
Google is rolling out an replace for Pictures that brings the return of a function it dropped a number of months in the past.
In a group publish, the Google Pictures workforce highlighted the return of Companion Sharing for customers on Android (by way of 9to5Google). As the corporate reiterates, Companion Sharing was a straightforward instrument customers might leverage to share photos from third-party apps. Google initially eliminated it with the objective of “decreasing muddle” and selling “focus” in your associate’s feed.
Nonetheless, a wealth of consumer suggestions has urged Google to return it to kind.
Rolling out this week, Google says the Pictures app will choose up a brand new setting the place “screenshots or saved images backed up from different apps” are shared together with your associate mechanically. The publish states the “different apps” specification issues apps like social media and the like. Customers will retain a little bit of privateness as Google says the “Embody content material from different Android apps” setting is disabled by default.
Moreover, customers are mentioned to all the time stay in command of what third-party images are shared with companions. As soon as this arrives, when you’ve enabled it, your screenshots and photos from different apps might be proven to your associate. If disabled at any time, these images will disappear from their view.
Customers voiced their opinions behind Google’s removing of computerized screenshot/saved third-party photos in Pictures final November. With out a lot warning, customers seen their screenshots had been now not showing on their associate’s feed. Google hadn’t communicated the change by way of a Pictures app pop-up. As a substitute, the corporate quitely highlighted the change in a assist doc.
It wasn’t till a few weeks later that Google correctly introduced the change, stating it was for the sake of “decreasing muddle.”
The unique reviews from Reddit acknowledged downloads, screenshots, and images from different Android apps weren’t being shared. The Google Pictures replace rolling out this week with the brand new setting ought to return issues to the way it was.
Talking of decluttering your app, Google’s Collections tab in Pictures was made for simply that objective. The view supplied a themed view for all your albums, like “Individuals & Pets,” “Locations,” and “Paperwork.” Throughout its arrival, the corporate mentioned it wished to “streamline” the expertise for customers seeking to get into sure reminiscences shortly. Elsewhere, Google kicked off its check within the U.S. for “Ask Pictures,” an AI-based function that permits you to discuss to Gemini about your saved content material.
The check kicked off final fall and, since then, the corporate has rolled out a slight UI redesign to present customers extra company.