{"id":28234,"date":"2016-10-18T18:01:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T10:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=28234"},"modified":"2023-04-06T19:15:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:15:10","slug":"google-photos-new-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/google-photos-new-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Google Photos&#8217; 4 Surprising New Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/photos.google.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Photos<\/a> has always been your favorite backup cloud storage (unlimited storage is hard to say no to), you might like it more than ever. Google is introducing a few smart features to its photo storage tools, all parked under the Assistant tab.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Rediscover your memories <\/h3>\n<p>Notice how Facebook occasionally reminds you of photos that you\u2019ve taken years ago on your News Feed? This is Google\u2019s take on the same concept.<\/p>\n<p>Google has included a feature on Google Photos that will <strong>highlight photos that were taken a long time ago<\/strong>, allowing you to relive your past without needing to scroll through your entire photo library.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/using-google-photos\/\">9 Google Photos Features You Need to Know<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-photos-new-features\/01-rediscover-your-memories.jpg\" width=\"447\" height=\"600\" alt=\"rediscover your memories\"><\/figure>\n<h3>2. Recent highlights <\/h3>\n<p>Whereas \u201cRediscover your memories\u201d is meant to draw out the distant past, \u201cRecent Highlights\u201d <strong>shines a spotlight on your more recent photos<\/strong>. This feature will group together your best photos that were <strong>shot within the past month<\/strong> under a single banner.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-photos-new-features\/02-recent-highlights.jpg\" width=\"447\" height=\"600\" alt=\"recent highlights\"><\/figure>\n<h3>3. Video animations <\/h3>\n<p>Previously, animations can only be made from photos. Today, animations can also be made from your video library as well. You can now use Google Photos to <strong>create short animations using snippets<\/strong> of your videos like a pseudo-GIF maker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/websites-to-create-animated-gifs\/\">10+ Best Websites to Create Animated GIFs for Free<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-photos-new-features\/03-animation-from-video.gif\" width=\"447\" height=\"422\" alt=\"video animations\"><\/figure>\n<h3>4. Auto-Rotate<\/h3>\n<p>A quality-of-life-improvement feature, Auto-Rotate would cause Google Photos to <strong>scan through your photo album to look for sideways pictures<\/strong>. Once found, the app would <strong>automatically rotate the pictures<\/strong> until they are in the right position.<\/p>\n<p>This feature means that you no longer need to manually rotate your pictures.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-photos-new-features\/04-auto-photo-rotate.gif\" width=\"447\" height=\"795\" alt=\"auto photo rotating\"><\/figure>\n<p>All these features are already available for Android, iOS and the web version of Google Photos.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/photos\/turn-frown-upside-down-suggested-rotations-and-more\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Blog<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Google Photos has always been your favorite backup cloud storage (unlimited storage is hard to say no to), you might like it more than ever. Google is introducing a few smart features to its photo storage tools, all parked under the Assistant tab. 1. Rediscover your memories Notice how Facebook occasionally reminds you of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3397,3976],"tags":[37,3535,2509],"topic":[4523,4521],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Discover Google Photos&#039; 4 Surprising New Features - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If Google Photos has always been your favorite backup cloud storage (unlimited storage is hard to say no to), you might like it more than ever. 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