Google just carried out another update in Google Photos that will assist you with concealing your delicate pictures from inquisitive eyes.
Accessible first on Pixel devices and coming in the not so distant future to more Android gadgets, the new Locked Folder allows you to store photographs that you don’t need anybody to see. The photographs put away there are secured by your devices screen lock password and won’t appear in your Photos, recollections, or be accessible to other applications that approach your camera roll.
This is the way to set up the Google Photos Lock Folder on a Pixel.
Open Google Photos. Tap on Library, Utilities, then, at that point, Locked Folder.
Tap Set up Locked Folder. Then, open your device with either your unique mark or your PIN. In the event that you don’t as of now have a password, you’ll need to go make one first.
On Pixel devices, you can save photographs straightforwardly to a Locked Folder. Open the Camera application, tap on Photo Gallery, then, at that point, on Locked Folder. In the event that you keep Locked Folder on, all the photographs you take will be put away there.
Assuming you need to move photographs to the Locked Folder from your camera roll, select the photographs you need to lock. In the upper right, tap the More symbol and select Move to Locked Folder. Then, at that point, tap Move. Only something to remember: If you’ve been putting away those photographs in the cloud, they’ll be erased. The Locked Folder keeps your delicate photographs on your gadget where nobody can see them.
It’s as yet muddled on the off chance that Google intends to carry the element to Google Photos for iOS, however Apple has its own particular manner to stow away photographs through a Hidden Folder on the iPhone.
The disadvantage is that you can’t back up photographs put away in the Locked Folder, however that compromise might be awesome.
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