Google aims to offer a simple way for users to stay up to date on changes to their shared albums, with an accessible interface.
And now it launched a new Updates page on its Photos appwith which users will be able to see information related to recent activity in their shared albums, for example, with notifications about when new images are added or a conversation is updated.
The technology company aims to improve the user experience when generating and using shared albums, an option with which users who have a Google account can create folders and share image and video content together.
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In this sense, Google presented a new Updates section within the Google Photos app, a feed in which users will be able to see notifications with information about updates and recent activity of a shared album.
How the new change works in Google Photos
Users will receive a notice every time their content is interacted with, for example when someone shares a new album, adds new photos, or responds in a conversation within the shared album.
Thus, the Updates page will be organized chronologically, so it will show the different activities ordered from the most recent onwards.
Likewise, this page will also have shortcuts for each activity, so that, for example, you can access the albums in which changes have been made directly from the notification, organizing everything “under one roof.”
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To access this new Updates section, users must click on the bell-shaped icon in the main feed. This button will replace the share button, so users will now be able to access their shared albums through the Collections page.
The new feature is beginning to be rolled out globally to all users of the app on Android and iOS devices.
