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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Google Photos is bringing emoji reactions to shared albums
Google Photos is not your ordinary image and video gallery app, especially considering the plethora of editing and AI features it offers. Over the past few weeks, we've seen evidence of video editor upgrades coming to the app, while Google has also broadly rolled out its revamped image editor interface announced back in May. We're now getting an early look at another upcoming feature of Google Photos. Courtesy of version 7.40.0.790840830 of Google Photos, app expert AssembleDebug enabled a "React" button for images and videos in shared albums. In its current form, users can react to photos or videos with the "Like" button. However, it looks like Google wants to make interactions a little more intuitive by introducing preset reactions (via Android Authority). Tapping the React button, which replaces the Like option, pulls up five commonly used emojis, including the existing red heart, a laughing face, a smiling face with heart-shaped eyes, a party popper, and clapping hands. We don't know if Google intends to expand the selection of emojis you can react with, so for the time being, these appear to be the only choices. Designed to make your interactions a touch better Current (left) vs upcoming Meanwhile, any reactions to the contents of the shared album will appear in the "Comments" section as individual comments. It's also worth noting that any photos you have liked in the past will continue to appear as before. New reactions will appear next to the user's profile image in the Comments window, as shown in the fourth image above. It's unclear whether this is intentional or something that will be modified when the feature is ready to roll out to the public. Hopefully, we won't have to wait too long to find out. In a separate development, Android Authority found that Google Photos also defaults to the yet-to-be-launched "Create" tab upon startup, which was revealed by Google a couple of weeks ago. This aligns with Google's announcement that it would roll out widely in August. Create will be home to multiple tools, including AI offerings like photo-to-video and the recently added Remix, which lets you transform your existing photos into sketches, anime, comics, or 3D animations. Google Photos Google LLC PHOTOGRAPHY Price: Free 4.4 Download
Android Authority
30-07-2025
- Android Authority
Google Photos is getting a new video editor and some much-needed extras (APK teardown)
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed an overhauled video editor in Google Photos. The new editor features some visual changes in line with the Material 3 Expressive style. The editor also has video flipping functionality and the ability to add music to videos. We previously discovered a redesigned image editor in Google Photos before its recent release. Google isn't stopping here, as it's also working on an overhauled video editor. Authority Insights story on Android Authority. Discover You're reading anstory on Android Authority. Discover Authority Insights for more exclusive reports, app teardowns, leaks, and in-depth tech coverage you won't find anywhere else. An APK teardown helps predict features that may arrive on a service in the future based on work-in-progress code. However, it is possible that such predicted features may not make it to a public release. We dug into the Google Photos app for Android (version 7.39) and enabled a redesigned video editor. Check out the screenshots below for a good look. The new editor, which is referred to as 'varenyky' in code strings, features some changes in line with Material 3 Expressive. For starters, there's a larger video timeline with a vertical line replacing the circular scrubbing icon. We also see more prominent sliders encased in a pill-shaped box, as well as rounded box icons instead of circular or square icons. There are also tick and X icons instead of the current Save copy and Cancel buttons. Interestingly, the main edit page now shows a prominent Export frame button. By contrast, Google Photos currently features this option as one of several options alongside Enhance, Stabilize, Auto-Trim, and other tools. This will make it a little easier to grab a frame, especially if you treat 4K or 8K video capture like a burst mode. It's worth noting that we can't see some editing features like Markup, effects, Presets, and Audio Eraser. However, we can see the Effects and Audio Eraser options in varenyky code strings, suggesting these features will come to the editor. What else is coming to the video editor? We also discovered two more features in the redesigned editor, starting with the ability to flip a video via a Mirror button (found in the Crop menu). This is a welcome feature if you captured a flipped video via your selfie camera or webcam, or if you just want a fancy editing option. Original Mirrored Google Photos could also let you add music to your videos. You can already add music to videos via the Highlight videos feature, but the ability to add music via the video editor seems like a new option. Highlight videos are meant for auto-generated photo/video collages based on identified people, locations, and more. So this is great if you merely want to add a music track to a single video or specific clips. Check out the screens below. This feature should be accessible by tapping the Music button in the Edit menu. From here, you can choose Google's own tracks (divided into All, Bright, Chill, Dramatic, Inspiring) or your on-device music files. Once you've picked your desired track, you can choose the section of music you'd like to use. You'll subsequently see the music track name below the video timeline. Tapping this track name will surface more options, like changing the section, swapping out the music, or adjusting the volume. In a welcome touch, you can independently adjust the video audio and soundtrack volume. In any event, the redesigned video editor seems like a substantial upgrade. We're also glad to see the mirror and music options here. So we hope to see this overhaul sooner rather than later. However, it's worth noting that Google saw a mixed reaction to the redesigned photo editor. Don't be surprised if this new video editor gets a similarly polarizing reception. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice. Follow
