Google is testing a much-needed new feature that could help reduce disturbing memories.
Google is testing a much-needed new feature that will help prevent Google Photos from showing you content you’d rather not see.
According to a new report, Google Photos is preparing a new “show less” feature that will allow users to hide specific faces from the platform’s auto-generated Memories feature without removing them from photos stored in the main library photos.
The new feature provides a much-needed way to avoid emotionally sensitive reminders of selected people while still being able to search for them in your photo gallery. A typical example would be when a loved one recently passed away: You want to keep them tagged in your photos, but you don’t want to receive unexpected notifications containing their videos and photos.
The feature was discovered by the tipster AssembleDebug and revealed in a report by Android Authority, it’s not yet available to users, but the code is already in the latest version of the Google Photos app for Android.
According to the report, a new “Hide Face from Memories” menu item will appear in Google Photos when editing a person from the People & Pets view. Tapping this will give you two options: The first is the Show Less feature described above, while the second, Block Face, will further prevent that person from being tagged in photos with others.
It’s also possible that a future Google Photos update will feature this new one-tap video enhancement feature, discovered by the same tipster.
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