Google Photos just got smarter

Google Photos, without a doubt, has made every Android owner’s life simpler. Whether you lose your smartphone or run out of device storage, Google’s cloud-based photo storing app makes sure that you never lose an important memory. By the end of this year, the free app will have more sharing and storing features.

Speaking at the Nexus launch event, Google Photos Lead Product Manager Anil Sabharwal revealed a new app feature, Shared Albums. It means that an entire group of friends or family that attended an event together can add pictures or videos to a shared album and tag people. They can even send invites to their friends to join the album and view it, so that no one feels left out.  Invited guests will get alerts if a new picture is uploaded to the shared album.

The new update will let Google Photos organize the images in various categories using artificial intelligence. For example, the app will group pictures taken at a particular event and roll the album accordingly. Also, you can attach names or nicknames to people in your album as per your wish, which makes searching for images even easier.

Google assures that new sorting and sharing features won’t compromise users’ privacy at the cost of ease, and the experience will continue to be “100% private.” There is also going to be a Chromecast integration feature for Google Photos that will not just mirror the app on your TV or monitor, it will also come with a host of options for your images, videos and gifs.

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