Google Photos will let you view, search, and share them in a variety of ingenious ways.
Like every other online photo service, the app organizes your images chronologically by default. But you can also view your photos by subject or location. The app uses machine learning technology to automatically identify what’s in your photos without requiring you to laboriously tag each one.
For example, typing “Disneyland” into the app’s search field will automatically pull up every photo you’ve taken when visiting the Magic Kingdom.
A new interface will let you go from viewing a single day’s worth of photos to weeks’, months’, or years’ worth of images simply by pinching the screen with your fingers. Need to embarrass your strapping 18-year-old with those naked baby photos? You can go back through your collection years at a time with a couple of swipes.
Like the Auto Awesome feature introduced in Google Plus, the app’s Photo Assistant tool will automatically create “stories” from images taken in the same time period or location. You will be able to edit each image and add filters; you can also edit the images it uses, add a soundtrack, change transition effects, and more.