The company Google wants users of the platform Androiduse their photo storage service in the cloud A tool that has already managed to attract the attention of millions of users by offering free and unlimited space on the Internet, where you can store all your photos and videos without having to pay a single euro, as well as having Useful functions such as smart search or the creation of collages and GIF animationsNow he goes a step further and wants to enter this service directly in the terminal's camera application Something useful to jump directly to the service after taking a screenshot, without having to go through the gallery usual for the user.
The idea is simple. Most Camera applications that come with current mobiles have a small button or box where the last photograph is displayed or video taken. A kind of shortcut with which to access said content in one jump, without having to exit the application Camera and then enter Gallery Well, Google thought that You could do the same with your own gallery, making it easy to access Google Photos as soon as you take a screenshot. This is how to do it:
All you have to do is access Google Photos and go through your screen Assistant by sliding your finger from left to right over the gallery, or use the menu of the application to reach that section. This screen lists the compositions created automatically or the photographs that Google proposes to remember from previous years, but also warnings and news. Thus, at the beginning of this screen you should find a new card with the Google Photos shortcut for the Camera application, where it is reported about this feature and how it works.
Just click on the option Add Shortcut or Add Direct Access to complete the process. After that, the same card can request permission from the user to perform the action, or directly display the confirmation of this action.Apart from this, Google Photos lets you access the Settings menu from the card itself, where you can control the appearance or not of this shortcut. In this way, the user can activate or deactivate the presence of this icon in the application Cameraat will.
With everything set up, just go to the Camera application and take photos or videos as usual. The difference is that, at the moment of capturing, a small square icon appears on the screen with the Google icon Photos for reference. This box simulates the classic gallery button habitual for the user, with a thumbnail of the photograph that has just been taken. In this way, the user can click on the shortcut and jump to Google Photos, where the last capture will be, and where they can perform tasks editionAnother interesting point is that, to avoid inconvenience, the user can remain by clicking on the Google Photos shortcut and relocate it anywhere on the screen where it does not interfere to take new pictures.
