Over a billion people in 70 countries use Google Photos to store, edit, and share their visual memories, and Google has a few new features in store for them.
Much like Facebook's Your Memories, a new Google Photos Memories feature will surface snapshots you shared in recent years. A new chat-like photo-sharing feature due out in the coming months, meanwhile, will let you have a conversation with images. And the app now lets you print canvases and 4-by-6 photographs thanks to partnerships with CVS and Walmart Photo.
Memories will appear as circular image at the top of the Google Photos interface on desktop and mobile. The feature uses machine intelligence to find the best photos from the same week a year ago, two years ago, and so on. So, you shouldn't see duplicates and screenshots in your Memories. A Hide option lets you suppress those people and pets that are too painful to remember while recalling the good memories you may have forgotten.
Conversational sharing encourages ongoing photo exchanges among close contacts. New photos of chosen people will automatically be added to the conversation, and you can have these photos cycle on a Google Nest Hub display, with the newly added images showing up automatically.
The app also now lets you search for text. Say you took a picture of a recipe for scones. Now you can search for "scone" and you'll not only see photos containing the buttery morning pastry, but also any photos containing the word "scone" as text. This is also useful for signs and event posters you've shot.
Other auto-creations that will remain in Google Photos include movies, animations, collages, and color pop, which changes backgrounds to black and white. A Google rep said 35 million of these edited photos are shared or saved every week.
Memories and the text-in-image search will start rolling out today, and conversational sharing will roll out over the next few months.
Photo Printing Made Easy
Google staff was surprised when user feedback indicated that lots of people asked when Google Photos would include printing capability.
Google is offering two printing options: Large (up to 16-by-20-inch) canvas prints and same-day 4-by-6-inch prints. Partnerships with Walmart Photo (a PCMag Editors' Choice photo printing service) and CVS Photo enable the latter option.
Unfortunately, these won't be the cheapest photo prints around, as same-day services charge a premium. The Walmart Prints are 25 cents each, and the CVS print prices vary by location. For my test New York location, the price was 33 cents per 4-by-6 print—the same as you'd pay to order from CVS's website.
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