This is the new look coming to Google Photos
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Google should change its famous slogan “Don't be evil” to “renew or die”. The company knows that they have to keep their services and applications groomed season after season to continue attracting users and to offer an attractive experience also visually. That is why they have updated the lines of what they called Material Desing a couple of years ago, which advocates minimalism and simplicity.Now it's up to Google Photos, the application that allows us to safely store all the photos and videos that we take with our mobile or that we receive on it through apps like WhatsApp.
The new design is disembarking gradually and staggered Something common in the news of Google services. In this way, it is possible that, in the next few days, you will be surprised when you go to review your photos, to see what GIFs the Google Photos assistant has created, or when you want to print a physical album with all of them. This will mean that the app has been updated to version 4.0.0.211496615. Be patient, it is possible that in Spain it will take time to arrive.
When it does, you'll notice an even cleaner application if that's possible. By this we mean that there will be more blank spaces and fewer superfluous linesEverything will be displayed on cards or directly in the content. Of course, with rounded corners, and without lines that mark the shapes of the buttons or sections. The white spaces will be slightly larger and the overall feeling will be one of simplicity.
There are many things that change in this design, although the general feeling will be that of being in front of the same photo application. The font and icons are most notable The font has changed and is also somewhat more rounded and attractive. The icons of the different sections of the application, as well as the buttons to create GIFs, albums or videos, are also simpler. They are practically drawings of few strokes without any type of filling. The aforementioned buttons do show background color circles, achieving the same sensations as the current design, but simplified to the maximum expression.
In addition, as reported in media such as Droid-life, there are changes in the user experience thanks to gestures such as swiping when viewing a photo. With this we will be able to see detailed information of each snapshot such as knowing the place and date of shooting, as well as the technical data of the capture or the size of the photo.
How to get this new design now
If you're impatient and like to keep up with all the news from Google services, there's something you can do. And it is that, although the new version of Google Photos has not reached the Google Play Store in Spain, the APK file of this already updated service has been leaked. In other words, you can manually install this version and get these new features right now on your Android mobile.
You just have to download, always at your own risk, the APK file of the Google Photos application.It is located in the APKMirror repository, known for its reliability and absence of malware. Make sure you download the latest version on your mobile. When the download is complete, click on the notification to start the installation process
Your mobile may warn you that it is not a secure application. In order to install this version you will have to activate the function Unknown Sources in the Security menu, within Settings, of your mobile. So you can install APK files that come from sources outside the Google Play Store.
After installing this new version as one more update you will now have the new Google Photos design available on your Android mobile.
