This Google service has been expanding the horizon with some interesting features, usable at the end of the day by all its users. Google Photos now goes one step further, providing an easy way to share any image with the people you want, whether they are family or friends.
As if you shared on a network, you have the option of adding one and several people, giving the option of viewing those photos that you have in a folder. The appropriate thing in this case is that you put the truly important, among which would be the photo of a nephew, cousin and even yours if it is with that person.
Let's detail how to share photos from google photos, also the library in case you want to authorize images to a group of users, always chosen by the administrator (in this case you). The photo will be visible only to them, granting reading permission, also saving if they want to export the photo.
Google Photos, something more than a store of images and videos
It is the default application of many Android devices., over time it has been seeing how it was replaced, being "Gallery" the one chosen by many manufacturers. Despite this, many opt for pure Android, having this application pre-installed once you start it and take it out of the box.
After giving a little review, it's time to mention the options available, including being able to edit both a photo and a clip, despite not having many things, it does the basics. He gets to act as editor, which in case we want it will get us out of trouble, among its functions is to apply a filter, cut a part, join, among others available.
Once you open Google Photos you have a lot of things in view, including "Library", where things will be stored throughout their use, including WhatsApp files. This well-known service gives us about 15 GB, shared with Gmail, Photos, Drive and others, which are usually for productivity.
Share photos with Google Photos
Imagine having a huge collection of images, this one is shareable if you want it with those people close to you, above all if you want them to be in good hands. Be careful with the photos you upload, go through one by one and identify those that you consider are usually important to the added person, so later on there is always the possibility of sharing with another acquaintance.
In this case, try to ensure that the guest is fully trusted, if it is not, you will always be able to remove the permission, denying access to the created folder. The permission will always be the one that you get to give, removing at any time, not being able to access all the photos you have uploaded again.
To share the collection via Google Photos, Do the following:
- Launch the Google Photos app on your device
- Open the side menu, you will see all the available options, it is necessary if we want to get to the collaborator setting, which is what we have to use in this case to give access
- In the dropdown, look for “Add partner account”, Press here
- Add the person's account, here you have the option to do it in several ways, put the person's email, they will receive an invitation that they have to accept and start seeing any of the things uploaded by you
- Choose the folders you can see, try to keep them to a minimum, at least one chosen by you and do not give access to all, is what is done in most cases in Photos
Remove the collaborator from Google Photos
It is likely that throughout the collaboration between you and another person not be as beneficial as you expected, if you decide to take the step and limit the guest account you have the power and execution. His thing is that you always notify the collaborator, this will make him be on notice and lose the opportunity to see all the photos that you decide to share, for example with a family member.
If you have decided to limit one person, the other step is to invite another, all this if you want to do this at that moment, you can also wait a little before that step. Google Photos in this case limits it for a simple reason, that there are not too many users connected to a folder and they take over the images of a certain user.
If you want to remove a collaborator, follow this step by step:
- Open the Google Photos app again
- Open the menu, all the available options will open, it is important to have all of them visible for the proper functioning of this well-known tool, it usually stores many photos and videos daily
- Click on "Shared Library", click on the account that you have invited, about the email (email)
- Hit “Delete” and confirm, once you do, access will have been denied to the user you invited, who can be a relative, a friend or someone who works with you, a colleague with whom you share photos and videos personally
Share photos with family
One of the fastest ways to share an image with the family will have you send a specific image to a certain number of contacts. This method works on all versions of the application created by Google, which in turn includes a good number of functions, including sharing with ours.
The “Google Photos” gallery app allows you to share images with Google contacts, synchronization with them is done through the application. The choice of contacts depends on you, so try to choose only those considered as close, if you make a mistake you can remove both that and other chosen ones.
To share photos with the family, follow this tutorial:
- Open the image you prefer to send from Google Photos
- You have to click on the option that says “Share”
- After this step, select the contact you want to send to, it can be one, two or more people
- Once they receive it, they have the possibility to see the image with the viewer of the phone, computer or tablet
