Google Photos for Android has rolled out a trio of small updates today, led by a new shimmer setting.
The shimmer appears as an outline “around people or objects in your photos that you can take action on,” like creating a sticker.
It remains enabled by default, but you can now go to “Photos view” from the three-dot overflow menu or Settings > Preferences for a new on/off “Show shimmer” toggle.
Meanwhile, we’re seeing a Material 3 Expressive redesign of Settings. It makes full use of containers on the main page, Backup, and Preferences to better distinguish line items. Other pages like Notifications, Sharing, Apps & devices, and Privacy remain on the previous design for a piecemeal approach.
Many Google apps that feature M3 Expressive on the main interface are stuck with older settings pages.
