Adding photos from the cloud to apps may soon become effortless for Android users.
If you’re on Android, you know that importing photos from Google Photos in some apps isn’t the best experience, but from the looks of things, it looks like Google is working on adding a new “cloud media app” to Android Photo Picker, as reported by Android Authority.
For the uninitiated, Google introduced a new “Photo Picker” app starting with Android 13 that allows users to choose exactly which photos are shared with the app. However, this feature lacks support for cloud photos stored in services such as Google Photos, causing problems for users who want to import files directly from the cloud service into the app, and especially for those who primarily store and back up their media files online to the cloud. service.
Soon, this restriction may be removed as Google works to add the ability to allow the cloud-based service to make its entire content available to Photo Picker. This is expected to be deeply integrated with Google Photos, but support for other cloud-based services is also expected.
This feature works in a limited capacity by manually enabling it in Android 14. Android Authority notes that they could see all of their Google Photos media uploaded to the cloud in the Photo Picker app, but the limitations that users face are still there. However, Google is expected to bring this feature to users soon.
In related news, Google is now working on a feature that will allow users to save fuel. Called eco-friendly routing, this feature works by showing users fuel or energy efficiency ratings on specific routes, taking into account the vehicle’s engine type. It was previously only available in the US, Europe and Canada, but now it is rolling out to Indian users as well.
