Google Photos gets social with shared albums

Google Photos just got a lot more useful

The company added shared photo albums to its app Thursday. The feature makes it easier for groups of people to privately share photos.

Shared albums, which were first previewed in September, is similar to Facebook's Moments app. Select a group of photos or an album, choose "shared album" and you can share a link to your photos with anyone in your contacts.

Though the app previously had a shared by link feature, it didn't allow for collaboration. With Thursday's update, people who receive shared links can also add their own photos to an album or download photos that are shared with them. Read more...