9 tips and tricks to get the most out of Google Photos

Google has one of the best applications to manage our photos and images. The list of options available in Google Photos postulates it as the favorite option of many users. It is true that, recently, changes in the service's storage policy have been announced The company ends unlimited storage of photos in the cloud and will start charging users who exceed the free 15 GB offered together with other services, such as Gmail or Google Drive.

Google Photos will stop saving your photos and videos for free

However, despite these changes, we can't deny that Google Photos is still a leader in many ways. Therefore, here are the best tips and tricks that will help you get the most out of the service and its official application.

Search photos using emojis

artificial intelligence allows you to find more accurately among your captures. Therefore, you can search for specific terms to obtain a careful list of matches. But the thing does not stop there. It is also possible to search for photos using emojis. You can do it like this:

Opens the search section.
Click on the top text box.
Open the emoji selector and choose one. Matching photos will be displayed immediately.

Additionally, you can use other filters such as city names, people's names, or other terms.

Organize your photos by adding a description

Although Google is in charge of analyzing all the images in your library to improve searches (and, logically, to know a little more about you), you can also do your bit adding a short description of the photo Thus, when you write a similar text, Google Photos will better understand what you are looking for. To add a description to an image, do the following:

Opens the image.
Swipe up to open photo information.
Click on Add a description and write a short text.

Annotate inside your images

A picture is worth a thousand words. And, above all, if you make notes on it. Google Photos is an excellent tool for this purpose. In fact, it includes different colors, types of pencils, and other utilities so you can annotate a photo. Access the freehand scoring area by following these steps:

Select the image and open the editor.
Go to section More and click on annotation.
Choose the color and tip type and write.
Save a copy of the image to add it to your library.

Create a GIF with your favorite photos

If you want to merge several photos into one, you can use the creation of animations function. This is especially interesting for those photos taken in the same place or in which burst mode was used. Creating your own GIFs is very simple:

Select all the photos you want to include in your GIF. Remember that you cannot select more than 50.
Then, tap More.
Choose the option Animation.

After creating your animation, it will be automatically stored in your library and you can share it or create a backup copy of it.

Recover your files in Google Photos using the trashcan

If you've deleted a photo by mistake, all is not lost. You can easily retrieve it from the trash. How can you access it? So:

Navigate to Library.
Click on Trash.
Select the photos you want to restore and click on Restore.

By doing this, your photos will be restored respecting the chronological order of your library Please note that if it has been more than 60 days since you you deleted an item, you will have lost it forever. The only option left for you is to check if a copy still exists in your device storage.

View your photos with movement easily

Google Photos supports motion photos from various manufacturers, such as Samsung or Apple. To display the video associated with a photo, there are two valid methods.

Open a motion picture and click the Play button. You'll see it at the top.
Also, you can activate the video of a photo by making a long press on it.
You can also view all captured frames in the information section. Open it by swiping up inside a photo.

Enlarge or reduce the view of your gallery

If your library is getting bigger and bigger, you may be spending too much time browsing it. It is true that you can use the side control to jump from one date to another quickly. However, there is another method that will help you. Try this:

Go to your gallery and do a pinch inward. You will see how the thumbnails get smaller and smaller.
Conversely, pinch outward to enlarge your photo thumbnails.

The most compact view that Google Photos supports is grouping by month. The view with the largest thumbnails sorts photos by day.

Find out where a picture was taken

Each photographic file contains within it the coordinates that indicate where the photo was taken. This information is available in Google Photos and is easily accessed. DIY as follows:

Open a photo. Then swipe up.
Go to the end of the list and look at the map.
When you click on it, Google Maps will open with a marker located at the exact location of the capture.

In addition to this feature, Google Photos also lets you navigate an interactive map that locates each and every one of your photos. You can find it in the section Search.

Share your entire library with a collaborator

Google Photos offers several ways to share our photos with others. For example, we can create shared albums, share individual items, or enable a public link to display your photos on the Internet. However, if you want to share your entire photo library with someone else, there is an additional way. By adding a collaborator, a friend or a family member, they will be able to view and save in their library each photograph that you add to Google Photos.Activating this functionality is not very difficult:

Go to the application settings and tap on Share with a collaborator.
Use the Get Started button to continue and choose a contact. You need a Google account.
Choose from when you want to share your photos and press OK.

After you do this, your collaborator will be aware of everything you upload to Google Photos.

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