Android'ssharingmenuis,atbest,incrediblyinconsistent.Thesystemtriestopredictwhoyouaregoingtosendtoandwhatappsyouaregoingtouse,butoftenwithlimitedsuccess.Fortunately,GooglePhotoshasaddedanewfeaturethatmakesiteasiertobookmarkspecificrecipientsandsendphotosin"fullquality."
So,youknowwhoisusuallythefirstpersontogetthelatestpetorbabyphoto,orthebestmemeaRedditbotcanrepostonanygivenday,youdon'thavetogosiftingthroughvariouscontactsandservicestofindthemNoneedtogosiftingthroughvariouscontactsandservicestofindthem.Andasdiscoveredby9to5Google,it'srollingoutrightnow.
ThefirstthingyouneedisanAndroiddevice,becauseGooglePhotosoniOSdoesnotincludethenewFavoriteContactsfeature.Youalsoneedtomakesurethattheapphasbeenupdatedtoversion6.76.
YoucancheckbyheadingtotheGooglePhotosLibrarytabandclickingonUtilitiesintheupperrightcorner.Userswiththenewfavoritesfeaturewillbepromptedtoaddtheirfavorites.Itcanbeaspouse,parents,bestfriend,oranyonewhocan'tgetenoughoftheirnewpuppy.
Youcanalsochangeyourfavoritesifyouneedtochangeyourpreferences.GotoSettingsandselect"ShareFavorites.Unfortunately,youcanonlyselectoneatatime.Soyoushouldtakecareofthatselection.
Judgingfromthe9to5Googlescreenshot,favoritesappearatthetopofthesharinginterfaceandaremarkedwithasmallcoloredheart.googlealsoemphasizesthatthissharestheimageinperfectquality,meaningtheywillshareitasitwastakenmeaningthattheywillseeitasitwastaken.Somesharingappscompressfiles,removingimportantdetailsintheprocess,butthisislessthanideal.
Thisnewfeatureiscurrentlybeingrolledout,butitdoesn'tseemtobeavailabletoeveryonejustyet.SoifyouwanttogetthemostoutofthenewGooglePhotosfavorites,youshouldmakesureyourappisfullyup-to-dateandalwayschecktheUtilitiesmenufornewfeatures.
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