In this video, we will learn everything about Google Photos.
So, let’s get into it.
When you open the app for the first time, it asks you for storage permission.
Then you can enable the notifications.
Next, you will get this pop-up to enable the backup.
We will do that later.
On the main interface, you find the device and backed-up media.
The first time, the app sets up your photo library and depending on the photos and videos,
it will take time.
Scrolling up or down shows you this handle on the right.
This handle shows you the timeframe to go into a point in time.
When the backup is off, you will see this tiny icon next to your profile.
Let’s open an image.
You can zoom in by double tapping or pinching the photo.
You can pinch to close the photo as well.
On the top, we have the star button to add this photo to the “Favorites” album.
Next to that, you have a backup sign.
Tapping here will back up this photo to the cloud.
These three dots will open the photo details and options.
You can also open this menu by swiping up.
We have a few options here.
Then we have the photo details, such as the date, location, and camera.
You can open videos in the same way.
The bottom row has the main features of this app.
Google Photos’s search feature is just amazing.
Here we have faces of people, places, documents, and other categories to help us find photos
and videos easily.
Sharing is where you find shared photos and albums.
Library is for your favorites, utilities, archived media, and bin.
You will also find device folders and albums here.
Now, let’s talk about the assistant.
Assistant takes you back to the old days.
It’s clever enough to make different categories.
You can see “Best of March,” “A few days ago,” “Remember this day,” etc.
When you tap on one, the app shows photos with nice background music.
You can share those individual photos.
The details menu has this option that will take you to this day to see other photos.
It also shows the normal photo details.
All right, let’s talk about those faces.
Google Photos is intelligent because it knows the faces and shows photos in separate albums.
It lets you name each face so that you can search for them.
You can tap on a face and add their name here.
Let’s open my photos.
Here I will only find my photos and videos.
On the top, I can add others, so photos of me and that person will only be visible.
The app is also smart enough to detect documents and stuff.
Here are some examples.
If I search for Water on the top, the app will show photos and videos that have water
in them.
We can also search for objects and colors.
This makes finding things super easy.
Let’s go to this sharing tab.
When you share something, it’s available here.
You can then manage the shared links and delete them to stop sharing.
Backed-up photos and videos can be shared via a link.
People with this link can open shared photos and download them.
Let’s talk about editing photos and videos now.
Google Photos is great at recommending edits when you open a photo.
For instance, here, it suggests fixing the photo lighting.
You can fix it with one tap and save a copy.
You can open the full photo editor by touching here.
The first thing you will find is some quick suggestions.
You also have the crop, adjust, and some other things.
When you apply an edit, the option turns blue.
The app also has filters and markup options.
Google One subscribers have some additional premium editing features.
We can’t see any for some reason, but I will include a screenshot.
Anyway, let’s save this photo.
The video editor has the same options with a couple of extra tools.
You can shorten the video with this timeline.
This “stabilization” option will stabilize your video.
We also have crop, adjust, filter, and markup options.
This button lets you export the current frame as an image.
This is helpful if you want to take screenshots of a video.
Let’s go to settings.
Here you find your account storage.
When your photos and videos are uploaded to the cloud, the app suggests deleting them
from your phone.
This will delete photos and videos only from your device.
From location to partners, you will find all the settings here.
This backup feature will automatically back up your media.
You can back up reduced-quality photos and videos to save storage or choose the original
quality.
Down here is mobile data.
You can set a daily limit or leave it to “unlimited” to upload as quickly as possible.
Tapping here will give you more information about the current backup process.
With that being said, this is it.
Thanks for watching.
Please let me know if you have any questions and take care.