Google teased Material 3 Expressive for Photos last month, and one part of it — a redesign of the albums view — is now live on Android. QR code sharing for albums is also now available following last week’s announcement.
Upon opening, the previous design showed an “Add description” field and buttons for Share, Add photos, and Order photos underneath the album cover. That is now gone and replaced by a Material 3 Expressive toolbar.
That floating toolbar is how you Share, Add photos, and Edit the album. The latter was previously in the overflow menu, which has been tweaked and gains some icons. Google has also elevated the Sort photos button to the top bar.
Old
The Edit view has a docked toolbar to Add photos, text, and locations, which was previously in the top bar. You can add the description here, while there are two cards up top for editing Highlights and Album cover.
There are more than a few Material 3 Expressive components with this albums redesign, but the full bleed design for the cover is not here yet. Overall, it’s a bit cleaner than before, with M3E giving apps the opportunity to consolidate things.
The rest of Google Photos has yet to be updated, with that possibly coming later this month with the redesigned editor interface.
New
Meanwhile, opening the share sheet shows the new “Show QR Code” option that was announced last week. The design uses a Material 3 shape with the Google Photos logo at the center. We’re seeing both the albums redesign and QR code sharing with Google Photos 7.30 on Android.
More on Google Photos:
- Google Photos turns 10 with major editor redesign, QR code sharing
- How to skip new Google Photos ‘Quick Edit’ screen before sharing
- Google Photos will now let you edit shared pictures
FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.
Comments