Google Photos app teardown hints at the arrival of 'Automatically Suggested Sharing' option

Google Photos for Android has w reached version 4.8, following which app is w tipped to deliver some new features to Android users, according to a new Android Helines report. Although Google Photos 4.8 update didn't bring anything drastically different or remarkable, its app teardown hints at arrival of automatically suggested sharing option. teardown, however, doesn't reveal much with regards to its exact functionality or what feature is going to be all about.

Suggested sharing option alrey exists inside Google Photos. To recall, suggested sharing feature was anunced back in 2017. If report is anything to go by, Google could be planning to d introduce an upgre to its existing suggested sharing feature or entirely new feature altoger. app code reveals, this feature is internally called “peoplekit” at company.

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From its description, this feature is expected to count on AI to track users' interaction with app and suggest sharing accordingly. In dition to suggested sharing, app teardown reveals Google's plans to connect users with or Google-me products in navigation drawer. Google Photos alrey has a photo scanner app called PhotoScan. code also reveals more such links may be coming soon. For example, Google's photo-editing app Snapseed could get linked to Google Photos future updates.

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It also suggests a new AI-inspired cropping feature could be in works. Meaning, Google Photos might start suggesting crop actions in future. Last year, Google Photos received quite a few interesting features like "Live Albums" to automatically keep albums updated with photos of a specific person or pet. Google Photos also stopped offering free stor for unsupported videos in December. 

In a realted news, new sharing menu and Dark Mode for Google Photos could also be in works.