Quick guide to sharing photos with the Google Photos app

Sharing photos with Google Photos: Everything you need to know!

Sharing photos with Google Photos: Everything you need to know!

It is no secret to anyone that, when it is, one of the key points to take into account is your media use to its maximum expression and capacity. Of course, after keeping in touch and informed with others through the telephone networks and the Internet.

And when we refer to his multimedia employment, we talk about generate photos and videos of the best quality, for later share them in the best and safest way possible, with our loved ones, friends and other acquaintances. And for that, nothing better than the Google Photos mobile app, which is already pre-installed on most Android mobile devices.

Google Photos

In addition, it is also one of the best free photo and image gallery apps, and backup of multimedia content. And being that, one of its greatest virtues is allowing us the share photos and albums quickly and easily with third parties, as this makes it one of the best options to use.

In such a way that, for example, avoid using instant messaging applications (WhatsApp, Telegram, others) or social media platforms to share those common memories with whoever we want.

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Sharing photos with Google Photos: Everything you need to know!

Sharing photos with Google Photos: Everything you need to know!

About the application

Currently, and briefly, the most important What we think we know about Google Photos is the next:

  1. Allows you to create centralized backups With our Google email account, of all our photos, images and videos, automatically and safely, from any mobile device where we use it.
  2. Facilitates the intuitive search for some specific content, among the many photos, images and videos owned. All this, thanks to its automatic and intelligent organization and identification functionality.
  3. You agree to be able to share the uploaded files with third parties, safely and quickly, both individually (a file) and by groups of files (folders) through a link.
  4. Includes useful and fun editing tools and smart filters for a pleasant management of our photographic collections.
  5. It has a good integration with various third-party devices, services and websites. Which allow to extend the native features of the application.
Google Photos
Google Photos
Developer: Google LLC
Price: Free

Google Photos

Ways to share photos with Google Photos

Steps to share photos or images with one or more contacts

For share one or more photos and images with Google Photos, from an Android mobile to one or more contacts, we simply have to do the following:

  • Open the image from Google Photos
  • Click the "Share" button. In our case, the Share button is located at the bottom left.
  • Select the desired contact to share the content. Choosing one of the section "Send by Google Photos".
  • We add a comment, if necessary and press the "Send" button. From here, we just have to wait for our contact to receive the content link. In order to be able to view the image before downloading, add a comment, like it or do other actions, allowed by the Google Photos app, as long as it is installed.

As shown in the images immediately below:

share a photo or image with Google Photos

However, it is also possible send to several contacts at the same time, if instead of clicking on an individual contact, we click on the call new group button.

Steps to share photos or images using a shared album

For share photos or images, from an Android mobile to one or more contacts (group), we simply must create a shared album performing the following steps:

  • Open the image from Google Photos
  • Click on the “Shared” button. In our case, this button is located in the lower central part.
  • Then we press the button Create shared album. In our case, this button is located in the upper left part.
  • Give the album a name and add the desired images to it.
  • Then press the Share button, which will appear at the top right.
  • And we finish, inviting all the contacts (people) with whom we want to share the album. To do this, it is best to click on one of the displayed contacts, and then continue marking all the remaining necessary or desired contacts. And when finishing the marking, we press the Add button. In order to do so, finish creating the shared album and send the corresponding invitations.

As shown in the images immediately below:

Make a shared album with Google Photos

The advantage of generating a shared album, is that it is much more manageable and functional. Which lends itself ideally to album cases of a wedding, a baptism or special party, to which only a very well-defined group of contacts with certain permissions will be authorized.

More about the application and its services

This quick guide, by its very nature, does not cover all the capabilities of the Google Photos application in maximum detail, so if anyone wants to know more about it, as usual we leave the official link corresponding to the Online help from Google Photos, both to delve into what was addressed and any other concern with it.

Conclusion

In summary, this new quick guide on how “share photos with Google Photos” from your mobile device, It will surely motivate you to use it more frequency, confidence and security. for so, carry out these tasks, in just a few minutes. So don't wait any longer and start using google photos. In such a way, to be able to share those pleasant photographic and video captures with your loved ones, friends and acquaintances.

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