Google Photos for Android follows iOS by simplifying the bottom-bar by removing “Memories”though the autoorganizing feed – now called “Moments”remains available.
Google Photos now has three tabs on the bottom bar, which include Photos, Collections and Search or the Gemini powered “Ask”. The app looks cleaner, as other navigation elements are located in the top menu: the “plus” button for “Create New” and the newly introduced “Updates”which replaced Sharing.
Earlier this year, Google Maps also went down to three tabs for a nice bit of symmetry. Material You bottom bars still look fine with four tabs, but five, like in Google Home, is pushing it to my eye.
To make this change, Google Photos removed “Memories” in a de-prioritization. The “scrapbook-like” feed introduced last August that auto-categorizes pictures from the same event is now called “Moments” and can be found in the Collections tab. It now exists at the bottom alongside People & pets, Albums, Documents, and Places, with album art that cycles through recent images.
There is no change in functionality: “Your photos, organized into your best moments. Add details, search and share with others.”
As such, the “Memories” brand in Google Photos solely refers to the carousel at the top of the main grid.
This Moments redesign is rolling out to Google Photos for Android as a server-side update with Version 7.11is not yet widely available. It’s still not widely available.
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