
I only have a couple of qualms with Google Photos. I found myself immediately immersed in my last several years of photos by how Google surfaced old collections. You can swipe through to dismiss the suggestions or let the app do its magic. The Google Photos "Assistant" automatically recommends albums and collages to create based on what you've uploaded. The end result is your life's collection of photos available to be instantly searched, and it's quite compelling. It scans your photos to find faces you can sort by, but it also recognizes places based on popular landmarks or characteristics, like the Yosemite National Park mountain range. Your life's collection of photos available to be instantly searched Dragging your finger across photos automatically checks or un-checks them, which makes batch editing and deleting much faster than in Apple's Photos app.


The app can do fun things like make animated GIFs out of a burst of similar photos or even combine videos and photos into a movie. The real magic happens once your photos are uploaded. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
