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If Google Photos is your go-to app for viewing photos and videos, there’s a minor change coming your way. The company is giving a new name to the Archive folder in the app. The folder is now called Hidden, which better reflects its functionality. It keeps the photos and videos that you hide from the main gallery view.
First spotted by 9to5Google, this minor change in Google Photos started rolling out last week. Version 6.1 of the iOS app introduced the Hidden folder. The Android counterpart doesn’t yet have it, even with version 6.2. But if it’s a permanent change, this renaming should go live on other platforms soon, including the Android app and the web client of Photos.
According to the new report, Photos greets users with a banner saying “Archive is now called Hidden” once the change is rolled out. “Hidden photos will still show up in albums and search results. You can find the Hidden folder in the Library view,” the description reads. In line with this, the overflow menu for files replaces the “Move to Archive” button with “Hide”. The button icon is also changed from a box to a “slash through eye” icon.
Navigating to the Library tab, you will find the Hidden folder in place of Archive, complete with the new icon. This is where all your hidden photos and videos reside. This functionality doesn’t change. Everything works the same way as before. The new name is more fitting to the functionality, even though Archive is a more popular tech convention.
Google Photos is seeing a couple of other minor changes
The Android version of the Photos app may have yet to pick up the renamed Hidden folder, but there are a couple of other minor changes to talk about. Firstly, the app now lists the on-device storage location of a file separately. Earlier, a single entry under the Details section listed the storage path, file name, file size, resolution, and the pixel size of a photo. Google is now showing this info as two separate entries. The first one tells the file name, resolution, and pixel size, while the other lists the storage patch and file size.
Additionally, the “Backed up” section is now rolling out to the Google Photos Android app as well. It tells the size and quality of a photo that you have backed up. This section first appeared on the web client last month before making its way into the iOS app.
