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Last month, Google Photos launched the dark theme for Android phones without the update to Android Q. Now, in its latest update, Google Photos has added a very interesting possibility, that of preview the videos in the reel That is, now you can see what is happening in the videos without having to go inside them, something that until now could not be done in the application and yes in many other galleries for Android.
Until now, in all previous versions, Google Photos showed a Play icon over the video (just in the upper right corner of each of the clips) but even if we had the maximum zoom it didn't It allowed you to see what was happening on the video.Well now, thanks to the Google Photos version 4.20, that's over. This gallery feature is not new at all, as some like Samsung have been using this feature for years and it is very useful.
How to preview videos in Google Photos?
The app will continue the recording to the end, without audio, playing the video over and over again in an infinite loop unless there are multiple videos in the feedIn this case Google Photos will play the videos in order, side by side. It will start with the first ones on the top left and will play one by one until its end in chronological order.
Thumbnails are reproduced regardless of the mode chosen, both in comfort view mode and in month view, although in the more zoomed mode they will look much betterThis feature allows us to avoid having to open each of the videos to see which one you are looking for.In this video from 9to5Google you can see an example of how the new previews work.
Google Photos will not only show a preview of the videos stored in local, it will also preview all the media that we have stored in the cloud and other devices. However, this will only be available in the main photos tab, not in album tabs or when doing word searches.
Video previews are available in version 4.20 of Google Photos, but for now iOS users will have to wait. In the desktop version, Google Photos now allows you to see a preview also when we hover over the video with the cursor, but it does not play automatically as it does on Android.
