Tech giant Google is reportedly planning to add cloud backup support to the “Locked Folder” of its photo sharing and storage service ‘Google Photos’. The new feature has been discovered in a hidden settings page in the application’s latest version, reports Android Central. With the new capability, users will get a way to back up images and videos saved in Locked Folder. Introduced in 2021, the space is meant to keep sensitive photos out of the users’ main camera roll.
Currently, the photos and videos locked behind the folder are not able to recover once the users’ phone is reset or the Photos application is uninstalled, the report said. In September last year, a report mentioned that several Google Photos users had complained that their old photographs had been “corrupted”.
People began noticing that their years-old photos (over five years, approximately) had lines and deep cracks running through them.
Meanwhile, Google, last year, had also added new filters in Google Photos to help users show their skin in its true shade.
WhatsApp may soon let users send images in original quality on Desktop beta
Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature which will allow users to send images in their original quality, on Desktop beta.
With the new feature, users will no longer have to worry about their images losing quality or resolution while sending them, reports WABetaInfo.
When the feature will be available to the beta testers, they will still be able to send images using the standard compression method, which will be useful for those who want to save storage space.
The ability to send photos in their original quality is currently under development and is expected to be released in a future update of the desktop application, the report said. Last month, it was reported that the messaging platform was working on this feature for Android beta. Source: IANS