All people often look at photos, especially when it’s a family gathering and you want to remember certain moments. You can’t think of a better option than a slideshow. After all, this feature works not only at family or friend parties but also in the office or art school, where you can share your project or tell a story with pictures or photos. Google Photos helps its users with various working and routine issues.
Besides, the app saves all your photos and even if you lose your phone somewhere with photos of your favorite cats, Google Photos will do an excellent job of restoring them on another device. You can also email photos, cast them onto your TV using Chromecast, edit images, and backup all your Android devices automatically.
How to create an album for the Slideshow
Just create a sweet show of random photos in your Google Photos – you cann’t, the program allows you to do this only under one condition. You must create an album where you can put all the photos and pictures you need for the slideshow and only then the slideshow option will be available to you.
To make the album, stick to these steps:
Creating an album for the slideshow via PC version
- Open your computer’s web browser
- Type photos.google.com in the browser bar at the top, or click on the link
- Sign in to your Google Account
- Click on Albums button below Photos
- Click on the Create album button
- Click on the Add a title text box and type in the name you want to use
- Click on the Add photos button
- Click on the pictures that you’ve already uploaded to Google Photos that you want in your Slideshow album
- Click on the blue Done button
- Alternatively, if you want to upload some new images, click on Select from computer
- Find the pictures that you want to add, select them, and then click on Open
Creating an album for the slideshow via Android and iOS
- Tap on the Google Photos icon on your phone’s Home screen
- Log in to your Google Account
- Tap and hold your finger on a picture that you want to add to the new album
- Select the rest of the pictures the same way
- Tap on the Add + button at the top of the screen
- Tap on Album
- Tap on the Add a title text box, then enter the name for your new album
- Tap on the Check icon on the upper left corner of the screen
How to make a slideshow in Google Photos
Once you have created the album, it’s time to start the slideshow. This is quite easy to do, all you have to do is follow the instructions below. You can do it on a desktop PC or laptop, but unfortunately, it isn’t yet available on mobile devices. Here’s how to start viewing photos through the sweet show on the desktop version of Google Photos:
- Open your web browser
- Enter photos.google.com in the address bar, or click on the link
- Sign in to your Google Account
- Click on Albums to the left of the window
- Click on the album that you want to make a slideshow from
- Click on the three vertical dots to the top right of the window
- Click on Slideshow
Now that you have completed these steps, Google photos will open a full-screen slideshow view in your browser. The slideshow will work as standard – Google photos will show photos and pictures from your album that you created.
To have more control over the slideshow, you can use the left or right key on your keyboard. They’re responsible for switching the photo to the next or previous key. And if you suddenly need to stop the slideshow, use the Pause/Play button in the left corner of the screen.
How to share content from Google Photos
Via iOS
- Open the Google Photos app on your device
- Select the media you want to share. You can select a single image, video, or album
- Select the Share icon at the bottom of the screen
- Select Share to
Via Android
- Open the Google Photos app on your device
- Select the media you want to share. It can be a picture, single video or even a bunch of content
- Select the Share icon at the bottom of the screen
- Select the where or who you want to share with
Now you copy and paste the link into an SMS, Facebook, Twitter, or any other messenger you prefer to share via. There is also an option to choose Google+, Facebook, or Twitter directly from the menu to save time.
