You heard it right. You’ll be able to send your photos and videos through a chat interface in the app.
Google said it was always possible to share photos through links or albums, but it wanted to make the experience of sharing one-off photos easier: While it may seem an intuitive and useful feature at first, a lot of folks use photos or links from Google photos to share it on other platforms such as Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram, or Twitter. In those cases, it’s always better for someone to get the link and download the photo to their library. Plus, if you’re sharing multiple photos, creating a shared album is a superior option than sharing them in a chat window. Google has a habit of killing chat apps including Google Talk and YouTube Chat (yes, that existed). So we don’t know if this service will last the test of time. You better use it without it gets killed. The feature is rolling out on Android, iOS, and web next week.
