If you use the iPhone feature called Live photos or the Android motion photo, you know that you get a few seconds of video along with your photo. Now Google Photos allows you to see that video portion frame by frame and pick the best frame to be a new still photo. Instead of taking …
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I love the Google Photos movie maker, but it is missing some vital features. What is Google Photos Movie Maker? If you take lots of photos and videos, you need better ways of combining, presenting and sharing them. Have you tried the movie feature in Google Photos? There is no easier way of making a …
People love the fact that Google Photos groups photos together by faces in the People section. And, they hate it when it doesn’t get the people right. Now you can fix this with the Edit People option. This new feature is available on all 3 platforms: computer/web, Android, and iOS. Every picture has an info …
Using Snapseed to edit photos Snapseed is my favorite way to edit photos on my phone. It’s a free app from Google that you need to download and install on your phone. It’s available for both iOS and Android. Once it’s installed, you can use it with any photo in Google Photos. The way to …
They moved it! Using Google Photos and choosing to edit in Snapseed is still there. Read More »
Direct Sharing Have you ever shared a picture using Google Photos and the recipient says they never got it? Did they tell you to send it in a text message instead because they like how a text message keeps a running conversation along with the pictures? If so, you’ll love this new feature in Google …
Using Google Photos you can now share photos with a conversation just like texting Read More »
Google Photos just keeps getting better at searching your photos. One of the recent new features is the ability to search for text that is found in the picture. Some photos found in searching for “welcome.” The pictures you see here are just a few of my photos that were found by searching for “welcome.” …
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Have you noticed a new set of icons at the top of your Google Photos app? That’s called “Memories” and it’s Google’s way of saying – “Don’t forget about your older photos, there’s some good stuff here.”I take a lot of photos, all the time. My Google Photos account stores over 100,000 of them, so …
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Have you noticed a new set of icons at the top of your Google Photos app? That’s called “Memories” and it’s Google’s way of saying – “Don’t forget about your older photos, there’s some good stuff here.”I take a lot of photos, all the time. My Google Photos account stores over 100,000 of them, so …
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As an RV traveler, this has to be my favorite feature of Google Photos. I take a picture every time we park at a new camp spot. Now, whenever we are away from that spot, I can easily navigate back there using this feature of Google Photos and Google Maps. You don’t have to be …
Most people install Google Photos on their phone, accept the defaults, and never look at settings again. We think it’s important to understand your settings, so how about taking a look right now? Check your settingsOpen the Google Photos app on your iPhone or Android device and tap the 3-line menu in the upper left. …
