Google Photos Android 14 share sheet appears on more Pixel phones

Abner Li | Feb 24 2024 - 7:45 pm PT

Back in October, Google Photos started rolling out a native Android 14 share sheet instead of its custom implementation, and we’re not seeing it widely available on Pixel phones.

Android 14 allows developers to add application-specific actions to the system share sheet. Google Photos has long used a custom implementation with a “Send in Google Photos” carousel of people and shortcut to create a “New group.” This is followed by high-level buttons for “Nearby Share” and “Create link,” while “Share to Apps” appears at the bottom.

Google Photos is now replacing its custom implementation with a native one. The “Sharing image” sheet features a preview, with support for multiple pictures. You then get a carousel of actions: Create Link, Send in Photos, Add to Album, and Create Album.

This is followed by the usual Direct Share targets and app grid that you scroll up to access.

In mid-October, the Android 14 Google Photos share sheet only widely rolled out to the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro. We’re now seeing it on every Pixel phone, including the Fold, running version 6.71 of Google Photos. However, it’s not appearing on the Pixel Tablet or a Samsung phone running Android 14.

Meanwhile, Google is also more widely rolling out auto-grouping Stacks and a system photo picker with Google Photos support.