How to create smart people albums

We take and have so many photos stored in our phone's memory and in the cloud, that at this point in time to search for a very specific photo can become a true odysseyDo you remember the day your son, dressed as a dragon, got into that huge puddle? Where is the photo from the holidays in Donostia in which you were hugging your cousins?

If there was an easier way to find the photos we have saved, we would surely waste less time. Because we would be able to locate those snapshots we are looking for much faster.

Well, if you are one of those who use Google Photos to make backup copies of all their snapshots, today we can tell you that you are in luck. Because Google has just announced through its official blog a couple of improvements that will help users more easily locate and share the images they have saved.

Google Photos adds an option to organize albums on demand

How about being able to customize the albums to your liking? With the latest version of Google Photos, users have the possibility to choose which people, pets or landscapes they want to see, to add them directly to a new album It is the new Live Album function.

In this way, the new creation – in album format – can be shared directly with other family members and friends, without the need to search through the different folders.This feature is currently being integrated in different countries and will be available for both the Google Photos app for iOS, Android or the web

All users have to do is ask Google to display certain photos as follows: “Hey Google, show me the photos of the summer in Donostia” .

To classify the images you will only have to choose which people or pets you want to see. Google Photos will automatically add them to that album as you shoot and sync them. You can then share those albums directly with your friends or family, without the need for any manual updates.

Create a Live Album, step by step

If you want to create a Live Album or Smart Album, we recommend that you follow these steps:

1. Access Google Photos and click on the Albums tab. All you have to do is create a normal album, so that from now on the photos you want are added here. Click on New Album, but remember that you can also convert your current albums to Live at any time.

2. If your application is updated and you have the new function, when you click on New album you will see an option that reads: Add photos of people and animals automatically. If you still don't see it, be patient: it should be available shortly.

3. Next, you will see some suggestions of people or animals (they are the ones that usually appear in your photos). Choose the ones that interest you: it will be Google's facial recognition system that will work for you, with the aim of correctly classifying the images in your smart album.Remember that facial recognition must be activated in Google Photos.

Then you will be able to share this album automatically, so that all the photos in which those people or pets appear will be shared to the second. Keep in mind though, that this is an automatic task, so be careful. Limit well with whom and what you share with other people, so as not to screw up.

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