Starting in July, your Google Photos library will no longer sync to Google Drive.

Google has added two strings which explain that the “Google Photos” folder in Google Drive will no longer be in sync with the Google Photos app. Today, we have our first concrete signal of when Google Drive and Google Photos will likely cease to sync, found in the latest version of Google Drive, 2.19.192. This was mostly a UI change, which helped push users to use the various Google Photos apps, but it left the future of syncing photos to Google Drive uncertain. The decoupling of Google Photos from Google Drive has been in progress for a year and a half, with the “Google Photos” tab in Google Drive being the first removal. We’ll try to enable those that are closer to being finished, however, to show you how they’ll look in the case that they do ship. Keep in mind that Google may or may not ever ship these features, and our interpretation of what they are may be imperfect.

When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able to see various lines of code within that hint at possible future features. This Google Photos sync integration seems to be ending in the near future, however, according to the latest version of the Google Drive app.Ībout APK Insight: In this ‘APK Insight’ post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store.

In the past, Google Drive has worked in tandem with Google Photos to keep your photos safely stowed and accessible in both apps. Google Drive has long been the all-in-one storage solution for many, storing both traditional office files and Google Docs, along with photos and files of all varieties.

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