Neowin News Feed for: Photos

Apple quietly opens up background photo backups to third-party apps with iOS 26.1

Karthik Mudaliar — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 04:38:02 +0000

Apple's iOS 26.1 update introduces a new PhotoKit framework that lets third-party photo apps like Google Photos and Dropbox back up images in the background. Read more...

Microsoft introduces a major update for OneDrive photos experience

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:26:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced a significant update for the photos experience in OneDrive, introducing a new "Moments" tab for curated memories. Read more...

Converseen 0.15.0.2-1

Razvan Serea — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 03:48:01 +0000

Converseen is a free, open-source batch image converter and resizer. It supports 100+ formats, lets you convert, resize, rotate, and compress multiple images, and even extract images from PDFs. Read more...

Converseen 0.15.0.1-1

Razvan Serea — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 09:30:12 +0000

Converseen 0.15.0.0-1

Razvan Serea — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:02:01 +0000

Converseen 0.14.0.0

Razvan Serea — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:02:01 +0000

Apple acquires award-winning image editor Pixelmator

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:32:01 +0000

Apple is set to acquire Pixelmator, a company known for its popular image editing apps. The Pixelmator team is excited to join Apple and reach a wider audience. Read more...

Google Photos is making it easier for users to identify AI-edited photos

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 06:16:01 +0000

Google Photos will soon let users know when a photo has been edited using AI tools like Magic Editor and Magic Eraser. Read more...

The new Windows App SDK version of the Microsoft Photos app is now generally available

John Callaham — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 18:26:02 +0000

The rebuilt version of the Microsoft Photos app for Windows 11, which switched over from Universal Windows Platform to Windows App SDK, is now generally available for all Windows 11 users. Read more...

Apple fixes iPhone and iPad bug that brings back old photos deleted years ago

Aditya Tiwari — Mon, 20 May 2024 21:54:01 +0000

Apple has now fixed a bug on iPhone and iPad that resurfaced deleted photos from years ago in the Photos app. The fix is available as part of the latest updates: iOS 17.5.1 and iPadOS 17.5.1. Read more...

Dev and Canary Insiders can check out a new Photos app version made with Windows App SDK

John Callaham — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 03:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a new version of the Windows Photos app for members of the Dev and Canary Windows Insider channels that was built on the Windows App SDK developer toolset and APIs. Read more...

Android Photo Picker gets support for cloud media apps

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 06:26:01 +0000

Google announced its adding support for cloud media apps to Android Photo Picker. The new feature is rolling out to devices running Android 12 or later as part of the February Google System Update. Read more...

Microsoft confirms new background removal features in Windows Photos among other additions

John Callaham — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 20:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed it has added new background removal features in a new Insider update to its Windows Photos app. There are also some other new features included in the app as well. Read more...

Microsoft quietly updated its Photos app for Insiders to add image background edit features

John Callaham — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 19:42:02 +0000

Microsoft, with no fanfare, updated its Photos app for Windows 11 earlier this week for Insider members. It adds a new feature to remove and replace backgrounds from images along with blurring them. Read more...

Microsoft is making the Windows Photos app more powerful with background blur and more

Mehrotra A — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 17:42:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced a new update for the Windows Photos app that brings new editing features to the app as well as improves the OneDrive search and allows users to filter images with locations. Read more...

Google Photos Memories view is rolling out in the US from today

Paul Hill — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 19:30:01 +0000

Google Photos is getting a new tab called Memories, a permanent home for memories of events where you've taken photos and videos. You can also invite people to Memories now so they can add to them. Read more...

Windows 10 may soon get the redesigned Photos app; here is how to install it

Taras Buria — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:18:01 +0000

Microsoft has quietly updated the recently redesigned Photos app with Windows 10 compatibility. Although the company has yet to roll out the update, you can install it right now and we show you how. Read more...

Apple to shut down My Photo Stream, its online photo syncing service

Aditya Tiwari — Sat, 27 May 2023 06:14:02 +0000

Apple is shutting down its decade-old photo sync service called My Photo Stream. It automatically uploads up to 1,000 photos to iCloud storage and syncs them across other devices owned by the user. Read more...

Microsoft starts rolling out iCloud Photos integration for Photos app on Windows 11

Taras Buria — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 18:30:14 +0000

iCloud Photos integration in the Photos app on Windows 11 is now available for all users, less than a month after the initial announcement and testing in the Windows Insider program. Read more...

Get a coaching portfolio, connect with peers across US, and more with Apple Learning Coach

Fiza Ali — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 18:52:02 +0000

Along with new features and enhancements to its education apps, Apple has launched the second cohort of Learning Coach across the US. The program is accepting applications until November 16, 2022. Read more...

An easy way to transfer photos from your iPhone or Android to a PC

Adam Bottjen — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:16:02 +0000

Do you ever wanted to transfer your photos from your cellphone to your PC but found it to be harder than it needed to be? Join us today in this week's Tech tip to find out how to make it easier. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Windows 11 2022 Update, Dev build 25206, and Surface on the horizon

Usama Jawad — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 17:16:02 +0000

This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is quite eventful due to the arrival of the Windows 11 2022 Update, a bunch of Insider builds, an upcoming Surface event, and allegations from Mozilla. Read more...

Here are all the new features coming to the Windows 11 2022 Update... next month

Usama Jawad — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 17:00:06 +0000

Microsoft has announced a range of new experiences coming to Windows 11 next month. This is in addition to the capabilities offered by the Windows 11 2022 Update, which has started rolling out today. Read more...

Google Photos spring update introduces tidier library and sharing tabs

Paul Hill — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:18:01 +0000

Google Photos is getting updates on Android and iOS that will make it display content in a tidier fashion so you can better manage it. The changes will arrive as soon as this week. Read more...

Microsoft brings new photo editing features to OneDrive on the web

Usama Jawad — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:56:01 +0000

Microsoft has rolled out some highly-requested photo editing features to OneDrive on the web. The features on offer right now include cropping, adjustments to light and color, and filters. Read more...

Closer Look: Photos app in Windows 11

Usama Jawad — Sun, 17 Oct 2021 17:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has revamped the Photos app for Windows 11 with new icons and redesigned menus. More importantly, there is almost nothing new apart from that, so Windows 10 users aren't missing out. Read more...

The all-new Photos app begins rolling out to Windows 11 Beta and Release Preview

Sayan Sen — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 08:12:01 +0000

The redesigned Photos app has now begun rolling out to Windows 11 Beta and Release Preview channels too. The new application brings several changes and improvements over the one in Windows 10. Read more...

Windows 11 is getting a new Photos app soon

Usama Jawad — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 14:26:01 +0000

A new Photos app is headed to the Windows Insider Program soon. The full feature-set is yet to be detailed and it remains to be seen if it will be present in the October 5 release of Windows 11. Read more...

Free, unlimited high-quality Google Photos backups end today, here's what you need to know

Usama Jawad — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:00:01 +0000

Google is getting rid of free, unlimited high-quality, new backups on Photos today. Find out what that means for you and how you can manage your storage across Photos, Drive, and Gmail. Read more...

Apple's new tool will allow users to move iCloud Photos to Google Photos with ease

Mehrotra A — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 10:56:01 +0000

Apple has introduced a new tool that will allow users to transfer iCloud Photos to Google Photos. The tool will copy iCloud data and transfer it to Google Photos making it easier to switch ecosystems. Read more...

Google is introducing a new video editor in Photos

Rich Woods — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 17:56:01 +0000

Today, Google announced more new features that are coming to Photos. One is an all-new video editor, but the service is also getting some features previously exclusive to Pixel owners. Read more...

Here are the five biggest tech surprises of 2020

Usama Jawad — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 14:00:01 +0000

2020 ends in a few days, which makes now the perfect time to take a look back at some events and happenings in the tech landscape which caught us off-guard, for better or for worse. Read more...

Google Photos adds new 'Cinematic' 3D effects, new collage designs, and more

Abhay V — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 18:02:01 +0000

Google Photos is adding a new 'Cinematic photos' feature that creates a 3D parallax effect on images and Memories to be served in the highlights. The app is also adding AI-powered collage styles. Read more...

Microsoft's Your Phone now lets Insiders delete device photos right from the app

Abhay V — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 15:08:01 +0000

Microsft's Your Phone is getting the ability to directly delete a linked phone's photos right through the desktop app, without accessing the phone. It is currently rolling out to Insiders. Read more...

Google Photos update adds a new dynamic wallpaper option that cycles through Memories

Abhay V — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 14:16:01 +0000

A Photos update is now rolling out to Android users that adds a new Memories Live wallpaper option that cycles through images served in the Memories feature. There are no customization options yet. Read more...

Google might not offer unlimited high-quality Photos backups for future Pixel phones

Abhay V — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 17:30:04 +0000

A day after Google announced that it is scrapping free, unlimited high-quality Photos backups for all but Pixel users, a new report says that future Pixel devices will not be exempt from the change. Read more...

Google is getting rid of free, unlimited high-quality Photos backups next year

Abhay V — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:54:01 +0000

Google today announced that it is changing its Photos backup policy, resulting in the unlimited 'High quality' backups being capped to the 15GB limit. The changes come into effect on June 1, 2021. Read more...

Instagram changes nudity policy after backlash

Paul Hill — Sun, 25 Oct 2020 10:04:01 +0000

Instagram and Facebook have adjusted their nudity policies after backlash on deleting posts for "breast squeezing". Targets of the deletions said that the policy was not being applied uniformly. Read more...

Google announces new editor features for Google Photos, rolling out now

Abhay V — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 19:36:01 +0000

A new Google Photos for Android update rolling out today brings new editor features such as a dedicated suggestions tab, granular editing options, and Portrait Light for the latest Pixels. Read more...

Samsung's motion photos are reportedly not backing up properly to Google Photos

Abhay V — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:52:01 +0000

Samsung users are reporting that the enhanced motion photos captured on Samsung's One UI 2.5 are no longer backing up properly to Google Photos, with just the static images being saved. Read more...