Following the floating navigation bar in July, Google Photos for Android is rolling out a big redesign that lets you customize the Collections tab.
The previous design started with a 2×2 grid. Favorites and Trash were at the top, while the other two shortcuts changed based on usage. Then there were large cards for Albums, On this device, People & pets, Wardrobe, Documents, Places, Stickers, and Moments. On Android, this was followed by a list: Screenshots, Videos, Recently Added, Archive, and Locked.
This redesign of Collections is focused on customization. The first section is called “Pinned” and lets you choose which cards appear. By default, the carousel shows Favorites, Screenshots, and Trash. You also have the option to remove this section entirely.
That’s followed by carousels for On this device, Albums, People & pets, Wardrobe, Places, and Documents. “View all” at the top-right corner lets you jump straight to the full grid or list view. Other options let you hide each section and rearrange the order in which they appear.
The “Other Collections” grid rounds out this page: Favorites, Screenshots, Moments, Videos, Recently Added, Stickers, Creations, Archive, Locked, and Trash. The “Reorder” button is found at the very bottom.
This redesign is now widely rolling out with Google Photos 7.97. Instead of the usual Force stop, we’ve curiously been able to get this server-side update by restarting our devices and then opening the Photos app.
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