For Google Pixel, as well as for a large number of Android mobiles, Google Photos is the reference application. As we know, it allows you to download our photos and videos on Google Cloud, although it also acts as a gallery application to use. For those who benefit from the functions of the cloud, it's great, Not so much if you just want to check your latest photos.
Given what is seen, it seems that many users do not know on the existence of an alternative: It does not require the download of images or connection. And it is Google herself, a reason of weight if you are only looking for a simple gallery. Recommended.
Google Photos is not the only pixel gallery
The “Google Apps” package makes the Google photos present in most Androids, recently taken from its box. And it is that the search engine giant, “obliges manufacturers to include their main suite of Android applications. In mobiles like galaxy, it is generally not a problem: Manufacturers add their native applications, including a always reliable gallery.
Google Photos is the predetermined pixel gallery, but it's no longer a cloud service
This, by the way, these galleries of Android companies are also linked to Google Photos allowing the support of images and videos. Instead, On Google Phones, there is no other predetermined option: Factory, you have to pass yes or yes for Google Photos.
Or almost, because a user looked for an alternative for his pixel and took a surprise: There is a separate application of Google photosGoogle is clean and which responds to the mission of being a simple functional gallery.
In fact, we talked about other occasions about it. This is “gallery”, capable of replacing well -known Google photos. Do you want to use it as a default application? The option of “deactivating” Google Photos to save space in internal memory is even possible.
In case you do not have a pixel, it is also useful: Its simple interface and its offline nature make it a recommended application. From its lower menu, you can modify the type of view: on the list on Google Photos or the folders, which will follow all the directories with images.
In addition, it has a simple editor, in which to apply filters or cut images, is not further but is sufficient for basic editions. Likewise, it seems to be Ideal for phones with little memory: It weighs barely 30 MB and will not pregnancy with time (your cache memory only stores nothing by not being connected).
The most curious thing about the case is that despite accumulate more than a billion downloadsPixel users were surprised to meet her. “Thank you for sharing, I did not know that this application existed,” wrote another user in the same Reddit wire.
Google has not added any important function in the “gallery” for years, but continues to update it to correct errors and add minor improvements. Do you have a pixel and are you tired of Google's photos? Does the application of the manufacturer's gallery not suit you? For both questions, the answer is “Google Gallery”. You can download it from Play Store to any Android mobile.
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