At his press conference reserved for Nexus last September, Google announced that shared albums will arrive later in the year. The functionality is now deployed, and as the name suggests, it allows users to share individual albums to friends and family on Google Photos.
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But it is not just limited to add friends and family to an album. The new feature allows you to take pictures at events to make them more collaborative. For example, if everyone takes photos and videos, you can create an album and each person will be able to add their own media. Members of the album will receive notifications when new images will be added.
"Sharing photos and videos with friends and family after your birthday party or holiday should not be difficult," said James Gallagher, head of engineering at Google Photos on the blog.
Another example Anil Sabharwal showed on stage at the event in September is its ability to share an album with her mother to keep abreast of the evolution of his grandchildren. This is very similar to sharing photos in iCloud. Nevertheless, Google Photos is available on a variety of devices, in contrast to the Apple solution.
Simple and efficient
To create a shared album, select "Photos" from the sidebar, click the "+" button to create a shared album, and send the link to the person you want. Google says that the feature works with all devices that your family and friends use. - Be it a tablet or Android smartphone, a laptop or an iPhone If someone is added as a contributor, he will need a Google account to participate. But everyone who has the link can view the album, and upload photos. The owner decides album that can add content to the album.
If the photos are stored in chronological order of the date and time of their capture, they can be rearranged by the owner of the album. Unfortunately, you can not yet comment on or add a caption as the pictures or videos. Shared albums are not automatically saved to your Photos library Google, but the update brings the ability to add them.
Dave Lieb, product manager for Google Photos, said to The Verge that comments will be added to albums shared at a later stage. Lieb also said that shared albums are private, unless the user explicitly sharing with someone.
The functionality is deployed today on Android, iOS and Web.
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But it is not just limited to add friends and family to an album. The new feature allows you to take pictures at events to make them more collaborative. For example, if everyone takes photos and videos, you can create an album and each person will be able to add their own media. Members of the album will receive notifications when new images will be added.
"Sharing photos and videos with friends and family after your birthday party or holiday should not be difficult," said James Gallagher, head of engineering at Google Photos on the blog.
Simple and efficient
To create a shared album, select "Photos" from the sidebar, click the "+" button to create a shared album, and send the link to the person you want. Google says that the feature works with all devices that your family and friends use. - Be it a tablet or Android smartphone, a laptop or an iPhone If someone is added as a contributor, he will need a Google account to participate. But everyone who has the link can view the album, and upload photos. The owner decides album that can add content to the album.
Dave Lieb, product manager for Google Photos, said to The Verge that comments will be added to albums shared at a later stage. Lieb also said that shared albums are private, unless the user explicitly sharing with someone.
The functionality is deployed today on Android, iOS and Web.