The piecemeal redesign of Google Photos continues with the new viewer now available on Android after coming to iOS last month.
This new “Photo view” starts with the date, time, and location being shown at the top. This very conveniently saves you a swipe. In the corner, the only actions you get are a star for favoriting and the three-dot overflow.
Old vs. new
No longer a carousel in the bottom sheet (which is now focused on library and image details), this menu contains:
- About: Can still access by sliding up and now focused Location and Details rather than actions
- Google Lens: Presumably no longer in the bottom toolbar given wide Circle to Search availability
- Create: Movie, Collage, Cinematic photo, Photo to video
- Order photo
- Use as
- Slideshow
- Cast
- Download or Delete from device
Beyond the “simpler, more modern, and more intuitive UI,” a light (background) theme is now available. Meanwhile, pill-shaped badges near the top let you:
- Change the photo’s category
- Play or pause a Live or Motion photo
- Save a shared photo to your library
- Back up a photo or manage your storage
Next is the ability to manage photo stacks and bursts with a “three-dot icon attached to the selected thumbnail.”
This is where you can change your top pick, remove from stack, unstack, or multi-select to take bulk actions on the photos in the stack.
At the bottom, you get Share, Edit (new icon), Add to (Album, Archive, or Locked folder), and Trash. We’re seeing this viewer redesign widely rolled out with version 7.42 of Google Photos for Android.
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