The Android photo picker now shows photos stored in the cloud too

Android 13 introduced a privacy-focused photo picker – instead of granting apps full access to your gallery, it let you select only a few photos (and/or videos) which would be made available to the app. This only worked with files stored locally on your phone, however.

Now Google has introduced an update that lets you select files stored on the cloud just as easily. Here’s how that works:

This gives you seamless access to photos and videos you have uploaded from other devices. An alternative use case is to move photos and videos to the cloud to free up your phone’s…

​ Android 13 introduced a privacy-focused photo picker – instead of granting apps full access to your gallery, it let you select only a few photos (and/or videos) which would be made available to the app. This only worked with files stored locally on your phone, however.

Now Google has introduced an update that lets you select files stored on the cloud just as easily. Here’s how that works:

This gives you seamless access to photos and videos you have uploaded from other devices. An alternative use case is to move photos and videos to the cloud to free up your phone’s…   Read More GSMArena.com – Latest articles