Google has started rolling out a new update for Google photos (v3.18) and according to a recent report from Android Police, the update includes evidence of a couple of new features which might be released in the near future. An APK teardown of the updated app revealed code which suggests that Google might be testing a smarter archiving feature, more additions to Likes, among other features.
Finally, the code also hints at a new Vertical panoramas label for photos, to go along with existing ones such as Slow Motion for video or RAW for images. Vertical panoramas are fairly uncommon on smartphones, so the fact that Google has decided to label them is strange, but we’ll find out more once we know about the changes coming to Google Photos at Google I/O 2018.
