Google+ says goodbye to Google+ Photos
It was a announced news, but it continues to surprise the most die-hard users and followers of Google Finally the application Google+ that gives way to the social network of the company stops linking with Google+ Photos, its section to store and retouch photos All this by means of an update of this application that, on this occasion, cuts functions instead of adding themSomething that its managers had already talked about for the past day August 1, and that now becomes effective to make way for its new photo storage service : Google Photos Without the +
It has become so clear in the version 6.1 of Google+ that has begun to appear in the store applications for a few hours. An update that removes features, functions and, above all, access to Google+ Photos, the old service for saving photos in the cloud. A section that had its reason for being together with the social network, allowing storage and also sharethe images of the user. However, it seems increasingly evident that Google+ is on the verge of the inevitable. And it is that, if nothing changes, it seems that it will end up closing once Google has completely torn it apart.
In any case, users who update Google+ to version 6.1 will notice that the social network application changes from occupy 28 MB in the memory of your mobile, just over 20 MB. This is due to the removal of access to Google+ Photos , and all that this entails. In other words, losing the photo editing options, where you can retouch your images before posting them on the social network. And, of course, losing the option to save photos to the cloud through this app. Of course, not everything is subtraction. As verified in the media Android Police, under the hood lines of code can be seen that point to the continuity of the social network and its application, adapting to the requirements of Android M and its permissionsSomething that is yet to be defined.
With all this, Google is forcing users who want to store their photos on the Internet to use the new service Google Photos A really useful tool to free up the memory space of the terminal, leaving a safe copy of all the images and videos. All this with no space limit or additional costs Of course, as long as you are willing to compress these images and lose a minute detail of their quality (so much so that they barely is appreciable). For their part, those who only used Google+ Photos to touch up their images will have to use Snapseed, the company's application with the same editing functions.
In short, an update that subtracts instead of adding.Something that could well have the intention of relaunching the social network in a more concrete way. Although it also makes one think that is being dismantled little by little, reducing its possibilities before closing it down definitively. In any case, the version 6.1 of Google+ has already begun to arrive gradually through Google Play It's totally Free
