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Facepalm: Microsoft has confirmed that it jumped the gun by rolling out a new OneDrive Photos app to millions of Windows 11 PCs earlier than intended. The app was automatically installed on client and enterprise computers without user permission, prompting complaints from users who don't use OneDrive to store their photos.
In an X post, Microsoft's EVP of Apps and Agents, Jeff Teper, noted that OneDrive Photos is an incubation project that was meant to be tested with select users but was mistakenly pushed to more devices than intended. He confirmed that the issue will be resolved in a future update, suggesting that the app will be removed from devices that were not originally supposed to be included in the test.
Teper added that Microsoft will "always" offer users the option to use local storage instead of OneDrive for storing their photos and videos.
