Google connects users’ camera app and Photos library

PanARMENIAN.Net - Google Photos received a feature over the weekend that allows users to add shortcuts to photos taken in the camera that can launch people into Google Photos, DroidLife reports

The new feature is showing up in the Assistant panel of the Google Photos app. The idea is pretty simple here, in that it allows you to quickly jump into Google Photos after a picture is taken instead of the gallery app that is likely set as the default for your phone, assuming you aren’t using a Nexus.

When you tell Google Photos to “Add shortcut,” you’ll then have controls for it in Google Photos’ settings. It’s basically a toggle for on or off. With it toggled on, all you need to do is open your phone’s camera app, snap a picture, and that recently snapped photo will show as a floating icon over your camera UI as a shortcut to the picture you just took. It will open in Google Photos. Get it now?