Photos Beta Feedback

@dklein is this a new issue, or were you experiencing the same (or similar) in the previous app version? Are you able to select a library from the library picker (via the “no library” button in the top left)? If not, could you please provide app logs to help troubleshoot (User menuSettingsAboutDownload Logs). Feel free to DM them to me if you’d prefer.


@kfitz199 is this specifically on the photo viewer screen? If so, we’re aware that the viewer landscape layout isn’t great. I hope to make some improvements there in the near future.

@kfitz199 and @EricD1973 when you say “download to the phone”, are you talking about an offline mode in the app, the ability to actually save files from the server to your phone storage (for e.g. sharing to other apps etc), or something else? For the sake of making sure we’re tracking requests correctly, I’d like to know what you’re looking for :slight_smile:


@clowg I’d actually hoped to implement slideshow playback for 2025.1.0, but unfortunately ran into some edge cases that would’ve delayed the update even further, so had to hold it back sadly. I hope to continue working on it shortly.

As for AirPlay/Chromecast support, as much as I’d love to see it, to the best of my knowledge it’s currently not planned. With that said, we are continuing to explore and discuss our best options for photo libraries on TVs, though I don’t have anything concrete to share just yet.