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TL;DR Google Photos could soon add Copy and Download buttons to its QR code-based album-sharing interface.
In its current form, Google Photos encourages users to capture a screenshot of the code to share with their contacts.
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Google Photos has let you share albums with a link for some time now. Last year, the app gained a QR code-based solution to make things easier. However, it doesn’t let you directly download the QR code to your phone, with Google recommending users to take a screenshot instead. A future update to the Photos app may finally fix this.
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In version 7.93.0 of Google Photos, we’re able to get an early look at an updated album sharing interface that includes options to copy or download the QR code directly. This should effectively put an end to the practice of taking screenshots of the QR code to share an album with your loved ones.
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When live, users should see pill-shaped Copy and Download buttons just below the code. Selecting Copy lets you paste it into your preferred messaging app, while tapping Download saves a copy of the QR code on your device.
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