Photos will be selected as you go, and the further you drag, the faster photos will be selected. To select multiple photos, simply long-press and drag up or down. However, you can select multiple items in Google Photos without a bunch of tedious tapping. If you need to select multiple photos-say, for batch deletion-the default way in most apps is to long-press then tap on additional items. Google Photos makes it easy to save every photo you take, but that can add up to a lot of photos. You can still access those images at any time in Google Photos. Scroll up to the top of your main photo tab and tap on the line that says “Free up from device.” After confirming on the popup, Google Photos will remove all photos and videos from your phone that have already been backed up to Google’s cloud. So, now you’ve gotten all your images in Google Photos, do you really need them all locally on your phone as well? If you’re in need of space, Google Photos makes it easy to clear out the clutter. These are generated using Google’s AI, so they take a while to process on Google’s servers.
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Also, don’t ignore the automatic movie options in this menu like Selfie Movie, Doggy Movies, and so on. You can choose one or more video (under “Select Photos and Videos”), and then splice them together, trim the ends, and export the project as a new file. This is accessible from the overflow menu in the main photo tab. The other editing interface resides in the movie creation section of the app. This page lets you rotate and stabilize the video-great if you were holding the phone at an awkward angle to capture the moment. When looking at one of your videos, you can tap the settings button at the bottom of the screen. Google even included some basic video editing tools in the app.
The photos in Google Photos get most of the attention, but let’s not forget that the platform also backs up your videos. Edit your videos and movies Ryan Whitwam/IDG You can also use Lens to copy text from an image. You’ll get useful web links and other actions based on the recognized objects. Currently, Lens is great at identifying books, logos, landmarks, addresses, and some more esoteric things like dog breeds. Tap the Lens icon at the bottom of the display to turn Google’s neural network loose on the image. To use Lens, find a picture to analyze and expand it to full-screen. It’s not perfect, but Lens already has some very cool capabilities. This image analysis tool goes beyond simply figuring out what’s in a photo, and actually provides actionable information. Google uses machine learning to catalog all your pics in Google Photos, but you can take it a step further with Google Lens. Google’s AI optimizes the composition for you.
Unfortunately, you don’t have control over which images go in which frames. You can pick between two and nine photos for Photos to drop into the collage. You can also go over to the Assistant tab and tap collage at the top of the screen. Open the overflow menu and select collage. If you want to make your own, there are tools for that in the app. Should you poke around in the Assistant tab, you’ll probably see collages.