Google Photos gets new features - Suggested Sharing, Shared Library and Photo Books

Google Photos, according to reports has a few new features announced at Google I/O 2017 that will be useful for you if you take lots of photos but don't have time to share with your friends and family or you just don't know the right photos to share.

We take lots of photos daily but forget to share due to our busy lifestyles. Well, Google might have just found a solution to that. Let's take a look at these features;

First, we have Suggested Sharing.  This new feature helps you identify the best photos to share and even recommends the people you might want to share them with. This is possible based on your past recommendations as Google Photos collects your data overtime.

With just a single tap, you can share the new short album with whomever you want, and they can automatically add theirs to the album. Available across Android and iOS, and users without a Photos account can still view.

Second is Shared Library. This is particularly useful If you share your photos with new people, like a your kids or spouse. The new Shared Library allows you to create and share images automatically. All you need do is select a time frame to begin and share specifics or your entire photo album. The recipient of the share through the Shared Libraries will see all future photos to the shared albums automatically as if they took them.

Further, AI is at play, you can set it up so that only photos with specific elements are shared. The example in the photo above is of sharing only photos that have the presenter’s children in them. Just select your parameters, your recipients and snap your images, Google Photos will handle the rest.

The Last feature is Photo Books. This feature is a great way to build a new album of your favorite photos, or a group of photos from an event. Or add a large group of images and the auto album builder and Google Photos AI and it will help curate into a printable album. That’s right, a hard cover album printed and shipped to your door. Cool right?! I see photographers taking advantage of this feature.

Don't get too excited though as the new Photo Books will cost you;

$9.99 for a 7-inch book with 20 page
$19.99 for a 9-inch book with 20 page

That is around 4,000 Naira for the former and 8,000 Naira for the latter.

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