Over the years, I have tried different brands within the Android ecosystem: Xiaomi, Samsung, OnePlus, Google, OPPO… and although I have seen good and bad things on all their layers and versions , in the end I am satisfied with everything, I had to make some sacrifices and renunciations until I found an application that offered me what I was looking for. That was my feeling with the different photo galleries that I used: they were missing and things remained.
I’ve used different photo gallery apps: of course the essential Google Photos, but I’ve also tried Simple Gallery (now with quite invasive advertising), the original Camera Roll, Memoria (which could do with a a little help to modernize it) and even the complete application. Focus, with a small photo editor. I really liked the latter, but it is no longer available. That’s when I discovered his little sister: Focus, come on.
I installed Focus Go on my Android phone and found the photo gallery app that gives me what I’m looking for and nothing more. The more I use it, the more surprised I am that it’s freesince she made her simplicity and lightness her best virtue.
Focus Go, the photo gallery for those looking for simplicity
Focus Go is available for free on the Google Play Store and once installed on your phone, there’s not much more setup required than logically granting permission to access your photos and videos. That’s the first thing that surprised me: no contacts, no location, nothing. In these times, it’s something rare. Another rare virtue is that despite be free, no advertising. If you wish, you can collaborate on the project by paying 5.99 dollars.
As I warned from the start, For me, the best thing about Focus Go is its simplicity., reducing the experience to viewing photos and videos in a grid, bookmarking, sharing, and minimal basic setup. And if I’m telling the truth, I don’t need much more either.
Come on, in Focus Go you will not find image editors, filters or effects (for these purposes I use other specific photographic processing applications), just a few adjustments but interesting– In settings you can change how photos/videos are grouped (by date or by files) and improve the viewing experience with options such as changing the number of files that appear per row in the grid, the borders of the thumbnails and their quality. , as well as video playback speed. Best of all, for greater adaptation, it keeps the light or dark theme of the phone.
A point to keep in mind if you have a mobile phone whose gallery you don’t like and you don’t want to waste megabytes with another application is that it isIt is very light and works wonderfully in terms of fluidity.. If all you want is to see your photo and video files locally without too many additions or complications, this is the best I’ve tried.
Of course, if you are looking for a simple application to manage your photos and videos locally to avoid problems in Google Photos For someone who is not very technological (this is not the first time my mother has been upset by deleting a photo and losing it forever from her backup copies), one thing to keep in mind is that It’s in English (even if it’s not). necessary to view it) and to go back you have to slide slightly from right to left, which is not really a mystery.
Focus, come on
A simple, fluid and ad-free photo gallery
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