Google Photos Adds Instagram Stories-style Feature Called 'Memories'

Google Photos is rolling out a new feature that it says volition help users relive some of the best memories of their life. Called 'Memories', the feature volition use motorcar learning to curate collections of photos and videos from previous years and, put them on the height row of the Google Photos gallery, above the most contempo images. According to Google, the feature volition enable users to run into the all-time photos "where the photos have skilful quality and all the kids are grin".

'Memories' is basically Google'southward version of Instagram Stories, and the company acknowledges that in its official weblog. "While you might recognize this stories format from social media, these memories are your personal media, privately presented to yous and so yous tin sit down back and enjoy some of your best moments", said Google. In case users don't want to revisit any particularly painful retentivity from the past, they'll take the option to hide certain people or fourth dimension periods, and will also be able to turn this characteristic off entirely.

Google is also planning to make information technology easier for users to share photos via the Google Photos app in the coming months. Co-ordinate to the visitor, photos shared with friends and families "will now be added to an ongoing, private chat then at that place's 1 place to find the photos you lot've shared with each other and keep the conversation going". Users will be able to share photos not simply from the regular list, only also the 'Memories' lists, considering, every bit Google says, "One of the all-time parts of revisiting your memories is sharing them with the people who made those moments special".

Finally, US residents will now too be able to order photo prints straight from Google Photos and either pick them upwards same day at CVS Chemist's shop or Walmart, or become them home-delivered, depending on the size of the photos. While the smaller, 4×six prints, volition exist bachelor for pick-up on the same solar day at over xi,000 locations across the United states of america, sheet prints will be offered in 3 unlike sizes – 8×8, 12×14 and 16×20 – and, will be delivered direct to the customers' domicile.