Google Photos will soon let users hide their private images and videos from appearing in the main gallery with a new feature called ‘Locked Folder’.Īs per reports, Google will let you password-protect your sensitive images. People usually tend to hide their private photos and Google Photos’ upcoming new feature will help user achieve that. It does include an option to hide certain photos from the main library in a "Hidden" folder which can be literally hidden in the Photos app, but even so, the album can still be seen when the image picker is used in third-party apps, so it's not completely invisible from prying eyes.Nobody likes it when their friends or family members browse through their phone and check on their private photos and videos. Google touts its photo and video backup service as "a safe home for life's memories," thanks to the "world-class security" and encryption it uses "to protect the photos that you back up or share."ĭespite those safeguards, last year Google was forced to contact some 100,000 users to inform them that some of their private videos backed up on its servers had been accidentally sent to strangers due to a "technical issue."Īpple still doesn't offer an equivalent feature is its native Photos app for iOS. Importantly, at least as it currently works on Pixel Phones, any cloud backups of items placed in the Locked Folder are automatically deleted from Google's servers.
Google says the feature is coming to iOS "early next year." Media saved in the folder remains hidden, meaning the sensitive photos don't show up as users scroll through their Google Photos or any other apps on their device. Currently exclusive to Pixel phones, the privacy-oriented Locked Folder feature allows users to save photos and videos in the app within a separate space that requires a passcode or fingerprint to access.
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