5 Useful Google Photos Features You Didn't Know About
Table of contents:
- Create collages, GIFs, story or album
- Change gallery view
- Effectively disable backup
- Save Internet data and battery when uploading photos
- Recover Deleted Photos and Videos
Since Google Photos was presented at the end of May, it has served as a solution for users around the world to safeguard all theirphotographs and videos And it has turned out to be a useful tool for creating backup copies of all these content, standing out for being completely free and infinite Without limits that prevent all user content from being saved.But Google has not stopped there, and offers through this tool many other useful features that make Google Photosbe the perfect gallery and editing app for all kinds of users. Functions that may not be so visible and that we want to collect in this article.
Create collages, GIFs, story or album
This is one of the main features of Google Photos as an add-on. Something that he has inherited directly from his time at Google+ The key is that his assistant, which is found in the main menu, not only creates automatically these special contents from the photos that the user uploads. It is also possible to generate them manually and personally. Simply press the icon + in any application menu and select from the contextual menu if you want to create a new album, collage, story or animationWith this, all that remains is to choose the photographs that will serve as a base, with the application taking care of everything else. A whole point to take into account to create compositions of an event, or generate a fun animation with several selfies, for example.
Change gallery view
It may seem like a trivial feature, but users with large photo collections know how convenient it is to be able to jump from month to month quickly , without having to navigate through a sea of photos and videos. To do this, you just have to perform the pinch gesture on the main gallery screen. In this way it is possible to enlarge or reduce the size of the images, grouping them in a time line through which it is faster and more comfortable to move when they become smaller.And, if you want to search for a specific image, you just have to enlarge them to enjoy their details. A point in favor of the user experience.
Effectively disable backup
After configuring the creation of an automatic backup, some users have been surprised to see how their images continued to sub Going to the cloud even after uninstalling Google Photos This is because the backup settings are set in the settings from Google, and not from the application. Thus, if you really want to stop the backup, you need to access the application Google Settings Here you have to look for the section Google Photos Backup and deactivate it With this step there will be no more involuntary uploads of photos to this cloud.
Save Internet data and battery when uploading photos
The backup offered by Google Photos is a great option to avoid losing this content if the terminal is lost. However, uploading photos and videos as they are taken can be detrimental to the user's data rate. For this reason, the application includes a configuration menu within these copies with very interesting saving options. On the one hand, there is the option to limit the upload of photos only in WiFi connections, thus avoiding the use of data. On the other hand, there is the possibility of activating the upload only when the mobile is connected to the current Details that can be configured for the maximum possible savings.
Recover Deleted Photos and Videos
Once Google Photos is being used as a cloud or Internet storage service for photos and videos, each deleted content is erased also of the devices associated with the same account. However, its elimination is not total. And it is that Google includes a section in its menu Trash where these contents remain available, nothing less that 60 days A long enough period to be able to review this section from time to time and recover those that may not be wanted definitely delete