New features of Google Photos in its latest update

Google Photos is undoubtedly one of the best Google applications. It is a photo gallery app that allows us to store high-quality images and videos in the cloud. In addition, it provides very interesting tools, such as synchronization with other devices, etc. The app is even the native gallery of many of the Android devices. Google Photos is continuously updated, adding bug fixes, improvements, etc. In this case, Google has added a new feature. The ability to archive images and videos. What does it consist of?

This feature is starting to reach many users as an update. We have already been able to know what it is about. It consists of archiving the images and videos that we want, as long as they are in the Google Photos gallery. This way, we can hide them from the main gallery page. This creates a much cleaner main gallery. We must mention that the archived photographs or videos will remain in the album, in the event that we have added it. They will also appear in the search result, and in the external folder of your device.

How to use the File option

First, we will have to check if the new option has arrived. To do this, we enter Google Photos, and in the side menu we check that we have the option ”˜File”™.Once available, we select the photo we want and click on the three points at the top. Click on the ”˜Archive”™ option and it will automatically be saved in the archive folder. This option is also available for iPhone and iPad, as well as for the web version of Google Photos To archive the images and videos that we want we will have to perform the same option, and they will be shown to us in the folder. Undoubtedly, a quick and easy way to hide some of our photos, or save the most important ones.