Google Photos preps a new look for sharing pics, but could lose a useful to

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TL;DR

• Google devs have been cooking up a new look for how you share pics in Photos.
• The in-development sharing interface features a larger, animated carousel of images.
• We could lose some functionality along the way, however, including the ability to easily modify image selections.

Modern software is never truly “done.” With the days of physical media far behind us, and digital distribution the not-even-new-anymore normal, if you’re not constantly updating your app, you may as well have abandoned it. Google devs are constantly tweaking the company’s core suite of Android apps, always trying out new workflows and UI optimizations. Today we’re checking out some of the latest changes in the works for Photos.

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Half the fun of taking pictures is sharing them with others, so it’s little surprise that the Photos places a big emphasis on sharing tools. With version 7.59 of Google Photos, combined with Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2, we’ve spotted Google playing with a revised interface for how you select those pics that you want to share.




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