Collections view is a new tab in the Photos app that keeps your albums in one place.
The layout changes are meant to help you find your photos and albums faster.
Before this update, the Library tabs featured a few shortcuts on the top and on-rig private albums.
Thats all gone now and in its place, youll find Collections (with the same icon).
Every albumprivate, shared, or intelligently sorted by Google Photosis accessible through Collections.
you could filter by private or shared to quickly locate an album.
The search is also less cluttered and more streamlined.
The Locked Folder has been moved from the top of the page.
you’re free to now scroll all the way down on the Collections tab to find it.
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There are dedicated tabs for People & Pets, documents, and places.
Google also added two dynamic tiles next to the Trash and Favorites buttons.
They show albums based on what you view more often.
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So if you open screenshots often, it might turn into the screenshots shortcut.
Google is making these changes based on customer complaints.
The Utilities tab is gone too.
Google has spread the tools across the interface.
For example, the Photo Frames and Free Up Storage tools have been moved to account prefs.
Importing and creating media files works though the plus icon on top of the screen.
The update is already rolling out to Android and iOS devices.
