Google Photos partner sharing just became a lot less convenient

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Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority

• Google Photos recently updated its partner sharing feature.
• The update prevents “photos from other apps” from being shared.
• It appears the feature is using metadata to filter out screenshots, downloads, and photos from third-party apps.

One of the many convenient features Google Photos offers is partner sharing. It’s a feature that allows you to easily share your library of images with others automatically. Since its launch in 2017, you could share any image in your library. However, that has now changed after a recent update.

First spotted by TechIssuesToday, Google quietly released a support update within the last month that has stripped away partner sharing’s ability to share any image. In a support page for the feature, you’ll now see an excerpt that says “Photos from other apps on Android aren’t shared with your partner account.” This stipulation wasn’t there before the update rolled out.




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