If you regularly take photos on your Smartphone, then you are probably already aware of Google photos.
\nIn case you\u2019re not logged into Google+ on your phone, here\u2019s how it works: You log into your Google account on your Smartphone and opt to sync your phone.<\/p>\n
Google+ will save a copy of every photo you take in your private Google+ Drive. This is kind of creepy at times, but it\u2019s also a super handy to keep your stuff safe up there in the cloud.<\/p>\n
Google does more than save your photos, though.<\/p>\n
With their latest updates, you can now use Google+ photos to edit your photos and do all kinds of cool things with them, including create panorama images by merging several individual photos together.<\/p>\n
The best part? You don\u2019t really have to do anything. Just take your photos, make sure your Google+ is active, and Google will pop up a notification to let you know that you have the option to create a panorama image.<\/p>\n
It will also ask you if you want to add a location to your image or add it to an album.<\/p>\n
Or you can go into your Google drive, click on a photo and select the edit options. You will find that you can improve the light, contrast, colour, apply filters, and group them up the way you want to.<\/p>\n
Another simultaneously fun and creepy feature of Google+ photos is that once you\u2019ve been using it for a while, it will send you \u201con this day\u201d reminders. Which can be quite nice when it sends you a precious moment from \u201cthis day a year ago\u201d, but a little unwelcome when the photo is your old \u201cpre-exercise\u201d before shot (especially when you abandoned the exercise regime a week later)!<\/p>\n
All-in-all, Google photos is a pretty handy addition to the online universe. We didn\u2019t ask for it, but we\u2019re saying \u201cokay, that\u2019s cool, thanks a bunch\u201d and trying not to get too freaked out when we see the occasional unpleasant blast from the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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