Google Photos is one of the best apps the Mountain View tech giant has ever made and the app recently got dark mode but after a Twitter Q&A, expect more features to roll out. Early this week, David Lieb, Google Photos Product Lead asked users on Twitter to suggest new features that should be added or improved. A lot of people replied with feature requests that he said that they are working on and others are coming soon.
Ok folks, went way over my budgeted time, but THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the ideas and suggestions. Feel free to keep them coming on this thread, but I won't be able to respond/interact on all of them. Maybe you'll see some soon 🙂
Feedback is a gift.
Thx for your gifts.
-dave— David Lieb (@dflieb) July 3, 2019
Manual Face Tagging
This was one of the most requested features. For now, users can only remove an incorrect face tag. Once manual face tagging goes live, you’ll be able to tag your friends or family members if you take lots of photos.
Thanks, definitely on the roadmap.
— David Lieb (@dflieb) July 2, 2019
Edit Timestamps
This feature has been present for a while for the web and iOS users but now it is shipping to the Android app.
Pet Photo sharing
If you take photos of your cat, kitten, puppy, dog, pet lizard a lot, this new feature will let you share with your partner or relative.
Pets coming soon to Live Albums 🙂
— David Lieb (@dflieb) July 2, 2019
Search recently uploaded photos
This is another addition that was only for the web but it is now coming to the app. This should help you find photos more easily.
Give the Mobile App easy access to Recently Added photos. I hate having to go a browser and Googling for the link which is also not included in the Web App for some reason 🤷🏻♂️
— Kevin Darty (@kdarty) July 3, 2019
Delete photos from your library
This feature will let you delete photos from your library while browsing albums.
Thanks, team is on that
— David Lieb (@dflieb) July 2, 2019
You’ll also be able to favourite pictures and videos within shared albums. Currently, you only like photos and videos in shared albums.
Ability to favorite (in addition to heart) an item in a shared album! ⭐️ https://t.co/kGZRwc4cgI
— Anna Fuller (@annalawfull) July 3, 2019
Fix to Samsung’s DCIM folder automatically backing to Photos
An issue with Samsung phones was also raised. Samsung phones save screenshots in the DCIM folder which Google Photos automatically backs up. Dave said they’re discussing this so a fix should be on the way.
Was literally discussing this with someone on our team this morning 🙂
— David Lieb (@dflieb) July 2, 2019
Other significant features in the works include:
- suggestion to delete badly taken pics
Been on our todo list for years 🙂
— David Lieb (@dflieb) July 2, 2019
- back up photos without showing up in your gallery
Literally just discussed this with a team member this morning 🙂
— David Lieb (@dflieb) July 2, 2019
- YouTube-like playback controls
Yes x1000
— David Lieb (@dflieb) July 2, 2019
- ability to navigate to where a photo is located
Just discussed this with our eng lead yesterday 🙂
— David Lieb (@dflieb) July 2, 2019
- Revamp the sharing tab
Thanks! Nice wireframes!
— David Lieb (@dflieb) July 2, 2019
- For the millennials who want local prints.
Definitely. Thx
— David Lieb (@dflieb) July 3, 2019
- image description in slideshows
Yes! This is written on a sticky note on my desk 🙂
— David Lieb (@dflieb) July 3, 2019
- granular control over assistant
Yeah, we want to build this someday. Thanks, I agree.
— David Lieb (@dflieb) July 2, 2019
There’s no timeline of when these features will start rolling.
