Share photos/videos with friends and family through Google Photos on your smartphone or tablet.

Google Photos is most commonly used around the world for photo and video backup. It helps users to backup their photos and videos from their smartphone or tablet. Apart from this, it also gives access to photos and videos on any other signed-in device. Apart from this, Google also allows users to share photos and videos with other users. Users who do not have a Google Account can also access photos and videos with the help of public links.

Here we are telling you the easiest (link sharing) and fastest (nearby share) way to share images and videos on Google Photos by which you can easily share photos/videos from your smartphone or tablet.

How to share Google Photos with anyone on the internet

1. This method is very useful for those users who do not use Google Photos. This creates a public link to the shared photo or video that other users can easily access.
2. Open the Google Photos app on your smartphone or tablet.
3. Tap and drag to select the photos or videos you want to share.
4. Tap on the Share icon and find the Create link option.
5. Open any app like WhatsApp or Gmail and paste the link to share.

Sharing photos via links may be easy, but it is not a very private method. Anyone who has that link can access the photos and videos. If you want to do this more privately, you can do it with Google Photos’ in-app messaging service or through a shared album. If you are near that person or are in the same room, you can also share heavy videos and photos through Nearby Share.

How to share Google Photos with Shared Albums

1. Open the Google Photos app on your smartphone or tablet.
2. Tap on Sharing and then select Create shared album.
3. After giving the album a title, tap Select photos to select images and videos.
4. After selecting all the required photos, tap on Share.
5. Now you can select the contacts with whom you want to share in the Google Photos app.

These contacts can see the shared album in their Google Photos app.

How to share Google Photos with via in-app Messages

1. Open the Google Photos app on your smartphone or tablet.
2. Tap to select a photo, or tap and drag to select the video or photo you want to share.
3. Select the Share button.
4. Look for the Send option in the Google Photos section.

Here you can select the contacts with whom you want to share.

How to share Google Photos with via Nearby Share (Android only)

1. Open the Google Photos app on your Android smartphone.
2. Tap to select a photo, or tap and drag to select the video or photo you want to share.
3. Select the Share button.
4. Tap on Nearby Share and then select the user with whom you want to share.
5. The receiving person will also have to enable Nearby Share by going to Settings.

Ask the receiver to tap Accept to begin the transfer. Then wait until the process is completed.