For the past few years, Google Photos has gone through a million redesigns. From a You tab to a Library tab to a Collections tab, a search bar to no search bar, a pull-up menu for options to an ...

07/23 Update: Google has now closed down the Album Archive, but here's a way you can still download your data. Google is shutting down its Album Archive feature on July 19, taking with it any images ...

The Google Photos Movie Creation Tool is convenient, especially for creating short videos by combining all your favorite clips. Recently, I wanted to create a video for my dog’s birthday without fancy ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

The best part of using an external drive is that you can save files across multiple devices. You can also keep using it long after you've upgraded to a new phone. Generally, HDDs last three to five ...

Google Photos has a decent search experience right now. I was recently trying to find some photos of my sister's engagement from a few years ago, and a simple “yellow dress” with her name added in ...

Google Photos is the go-to photo backup app for quite literally everyone. It’s fast, reliable, and everyone has a Gmail account, so it’s the most accessible app out there for backing up your family ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Smart displays can do a lot, but even in the busiest households, they tend to sit unused for long stretches of time. You can ...

We all likely have thousands of photos on our phones that we have to sift through if we want to make use of them—a nearly impossible task to do manually unless you have lots of time. Thankfully, photo ...