I tried Google’s secret Gallery app, and it has one big advantage over Google Photos

Joe Maring / Android Authority Google Photos is, without a doubt, one of Google’s best apps/services. It’s my photo library app of choice, housing 10+ years of pictures, videos, and random screenshots I’ve collected after over a decade of use. Paired with some pretty great photo-editing tools, it’s one of those Google apps I don’t know what I’d do without. However, it’s not the only photo library app in Google’s portfolio. As many people discovered this week, Google has its very own alternative to Photos. It’s called Google Gallery, and it’s a much different app compared to Google Photos. Instead of showing your entire Google Photos library, the Gallery app only shows pictures saved locally on your phone. It also has much more limited editing tools, no AI integrations, and no cloud syncing. Google Gallery is, objectively, a far inferior app compared to Google Photos. So, what’s the big deal then? I installed Gallery on my Android phone to find out, and after just a few minutes of u ... Read full article.