One of the most-awaited features in Google Photos finally sees the light of day.
It was during this year’s I/O that Google Photos, the rumoured-replacement of Google+ Photos, was unveiled, and though most of the features shown off were eventually released, there was one feature that took its sweet time to come out - until now.
With Shared Albums, your family and friends can now contribute their own photos and videos to those you’ve added in one, communal collation. All you have to do is select the memories you want to be shared, hit “Create” in the top-right corner, then choose “Create new Shared Album.” On the app, you can also highlight the photos and videos for the album, tap the share icon, then “New Shared Album” from the share menu.
A shareable link will then be created, where other people can then add their own photos and videos. Everyone who has contributed to the Shared Album will also receive notifications on any new additions, so you’ll always keep up-to date.
Lastly, Shared Albums replaces Shared Links in the left hamburger menu across Android, iOS and web.
This is a server-side update, so as long as you have the latest version of the Android or iOS app, there’s nothing else you need to do.