Google Photos’ Locked Folder feature, which vows to keep delicate photographs out of your fundamental photograph roll, is beginning to carry out to non-Pixel phones. Google said in September that the feature would be carrying out to more Android phones “soon,” and it’s apparently begun to appear on some Samsung and OnePlus gadgets. Older Pixel gadgets that didn’t initially get access to it are additionally getting it currently, in view of our tests.
The feature allows you to pick specific photos or videos and put them in a password or biometrics-locked folder, removing them from your fundamental photograph feed and keeping them off the cloud. It was presented on Google’s own phones (Pixel 3 and up) in June, in the wake of being reported at Google’s I/O presentation in May.
In its presentation, Google used the example of parents concealing photos of a recently bought pup from their children.
A valid use case without a doubt, however the vast majority will presumably utilize it for less wholesome pictures, reducing the “what if they swipe too many pictures back and see my butt” uneasiness that can come when showing individuals photographs from an unfiltered library. (Most likely an interesting concern.)
The feature ought to be accessible to phones running Android 6 or later, and it had the option to get to it on my Pixel 2 running Android 11 by going to Photos > Library > Utilities. Google additionally said that the feature will go to the iOS version of Google Photos right on time one year from now.
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