In the Google Photos 6.23.1 update, Google said.

"Thanks for using Google Photos. The new version fixes some bugs and improves performance.

We fixed many bugs reported by users and added some new features to enhance the user editing experience."

Google did not explicitly mention in the update log that it fixed the crash of the Google Photos app in the iOS 16.3.1 update, but according to the iphoneincanada.ca website and actual measurements from netizens, the crash has indeed been fixed.

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Foreign tech media AppleInsider editors have reproduced the problem on their own iPhones, and every time they open the Google Photos app it crashes immediately.

Users who download the new app will be able to perform the login flow without crashing. Once granted access to the entire user library, the app crashed, suggesting this may be due to the way Google accesses these images.

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The Google Photos app can organize, search, and browse photos based on where they were taken. Your photos may contain location information if.

The device’s camera saves location information along with the photo.

You add location information.

Google Albums estimates location information based on landmarks detected in the photo and location information in your other photos.

Google says it is investing heavily in the ability to identify landmarks in images in apps like Google Lens, Maps Live View, and others, and will no longer call on the Google Account Location History feature to estimate where users take photos. You can easily manage your location settings from Google Photos at any time.

Google says you’ll see notifications in the Google Photos app in the coming months telling users to “keep” or “delete” location information for photos estimated using the Google Account Location History feature. Users will have until May 1, 2023 to make the decision, after which Google will automatically delete the information by default.

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As with features designed to remove distractions from images, the results of Photo Unblur shown by Google in its demo were a little less than impressive but impressive enough, like the photo in the tweet below. As with many of the Pixel 7’s features, the company says this image processing is made possible by its next-generation Tensor G2 processor.

The company also promises that this technology will be used in photos taken with the Pixel 7, and says that its denoising technology will allow its new phone to take images “twice as fast” in low light.

Google has previously focused on reducing blur in the Pixel range; the Pixel 6 included a feature called Face Blur Removal, which uses multiple exposures to ensure that the faces in the photos it takes are clear, even if the rest of the photo has motion blur. Of course, in the Pixel 6 era, there is no effect on photos taken in the past.

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If you think the compression is acceptable, there is still a pitfall: a large number of users found that the photos saved in Google albums are corrupted with a similar sharpening effect.
The good news is that after many users’ efforts, at least the original image can be proved to be downloadable, so we suggest users better hurry to download all photos locally.

Note: All the original pictures in this article refer to the pictures uploaded by the users that have not been changed, not the pictures uploaded in the original quality or the pictures uploaded to save space.

Original and damaged picture 1.

The above matching pictures (including the following) are from this discussion post

Damaged picture 2.

After testing and discussion, we found that if we export the original image from Google Album, the original image is normal and includes the metadata contained in the photo itself.

Here I would like to mention a little bit about metadata: Google Album will separate EXIF after uploading photos, including the date and location information are split into different files for storage.

An interesting discovery is that when trying to export the original image, you will find that the damaged photo contains the original image, the metadata of the original image, the edited image, and the metadata of the edited image.

It happens that Bluepoint has previously tossed the export backup of Google Album like the above situation belongs to the system automatically retaining the original image and the edited image when users edit the image.

Therefore, the metadata generated are also two different files, however, as far as we can see, these affected users have not actively edited images through Google.

Then the reasonable guess of Bluepoint is that there is a problem with the Google Album system, which automatically gives users edited pictures, but due to the problem with the algorithm leads to abnormal pictures.

Should be able to recover but backup for good:

As mentioned above the user’s original picture is still in the system at the same time to produce the edited picture, so the good news is that you can download all the pictures first to backup a wave for good.

But it is useless to download pictures directly from Google albums, the recommended practice is to export all the photos, and the exported photos with the original pictures can be backed up locally first.

Single operation: If you only need to back up individual photos, you can select photos, only one at a time, and then click the menu on the top right corner to download the original image.

Batch backup: Click the size button on the top right corner of the Google Album home page to enter the settings, there is an export your data backup at the bottom of the settings, select all pictures.

The above batch backup images will store the original image, modified image, metadata, and metadata of the modified image separately, so that the original image itself has no EXIF information.

It is a very troublesome thing to re-merge the EXIF information into the original image, we suggest users to back up and save it first, and see the subsequent fix by Google.

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The redesigned Memories experience further highlights the importance of video, with Google Photos automatically selecting and trimming longer shots to focus on key moments. A subtle zoom effect will be applied to still images, which is visually different from the full dynamic zoom on movie photos. In addition to the existing left/right click navigation, interactions will be updated slightly to add the ability to swipe up or down to move between memories.

Starting today, multiple still images can be combined into a Full Cinematic Memory with a dynamic 3D zoom of the cinematic photo and background music. Google says instrumental music will also be added as a separate feature to Memories starting next month.

A new collage editor is also available today for Android and iOS users, which allows you to edit photos and drag and drop them into a layout of your choice to share with friends. Google One members and Pixel users will get some additional editing features, such as Portrait Light and HDR. Memories “make them pop,” according to Google.

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(From: Google Blog)

While there are many third-party print providers on the market that allow direct access to photos from online platforms like Google, by integrating this feature into the Google Photos Albums app, users can not only prevent third-party access to their private accounts, but also further eliminate friction in the service experience.

It’s worth noting that Google Photos’ built-in search feature is particularly powerful, allowing photos to be found by a variety of topics such as location, time frame, favorites, and objects.

This is still very attractive for those who want to select a batch of photos to print from a bookmark taken over the years.

Prices start at 0.15€ / $0.39 CAD for a single print (excluding shipping and taxes) and increase with size.

In addition, 8.8-inch canvas prints start at £23.99, but the exact pricing for the Eurozone and Canadian markets is not yet known (a simple conversion would be around €28 / C$37).

Finally, back in 2020, Google already launched a photo printing subscription service.

The feature is the ability to automatically send and print the user’s 10 best photos taken that month, powered by AI.

The product currently costs $7 a month in the U.S., but has yet to enter other markets.

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