Google Photos 2025 recap missing? Here are 2 ways to force it

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Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority


TL;DR

• A lot of users are complaining that they don’t see the option to make their Google Photos 2025 recap.
• Despite having all the necessary requirements, the recap just doesn’t show up in the app.
• There are two workarounds to force it, but even those aren’t foolproof.

Early in December, Google began the rollout of its Google Photos 2025 recap. Beyond Spotify, YouTube, Pocket Casts, Oura, and other apps, Photos is one of the most personal end-of-year recaps you can get because it highlights the most interesting moments of your own year, and no one else’s. This year, though, the recap didn’t show up for everyone, and many users, like my husband and me, haven’t received it yet. I did find two workarounds, though.

Google Photos users have been complaining about the missing recap on Reddit (1, 2) and Google’s Support forums (1, 2, 3) for a few weeks. It’s not clear why this recap isn’t showing up for everyone, but several said they saw the pop-up once a few weeks ago, then it suddenly disappeared. This happened to me, too: I got the pop-up around early December, tried to click it, but it was immediately gone, never to reappear again. I’ve since been waiting for it to show up again, but it just didn’t want to.




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