App to save and order photos on Android phone?

May 25, 2024 9:38 AM

When I meet somebody, I might want to show them, on my phone, a certain photo of my cat

...and a certain photo of my other cat...and a certain photo of my son...etc.

I'm on a Google Pixel 8 phone. I can go to Google Photos but I don't know how to order the photos, and also there is something icky and complicated now about how Google Photos is presenting itself on my phone.

Is there any app that I could put some photos on in a certain order so that they will be readily available to show people?

posted by DMelanogaster to Technology (7 answers total)

Best answer: You could create an album in Google Photos with the pictures you'd want to show, I think that's probably your simplest option.
posted by so fucking future at 9:50 AM on May 25 [2 favorites]

You could try using this trick to create a link to an album on your homescreen
https://nattaylor.com/blog/2020/google-photos-home-screen-album-shortcut/

Full disclosure: I had trouble getting this to work but eventually got reasonable behavior in firefox with some fiddling (chrome didn't work but I think I may have messed it up somehow)
posted by All Out of Lulz at 10:04 AM on May 25

I use Simple Gallery Pro to have locally-saved albums on a Pixel 4. Once it's set up, it's exactly like whatever the original photo manager was, and has been a much steadier experience than Google Photos for me. I think they can only be in the order they're taken though.
posted by teremala at 10:08 AM on May 25 [1 favorite]

Google Photos also has machine learning, so you can search "cat" to see all your pictures of your cat!
posted by lianove3 at 3:15 PM on May 25 [2 favorites]

Best answer: If you have the photos local on your phone you could use the native Files app: long press a photo, select the 3 dots top right, and choose "Add to Starred". There's a Starred folder on the Files app home page, so you'd have immediate access to those photos that way.
posted by my log does not judge at 8:35 PM on May 25

Maybe Immich?
posted by flabdablet at 1:17 AM on May 26

Response by poster: The Save to Google Photos thing worked -- I made a Favorites album (didn't see one already made) -- and smooth sailing moving the photos, and also of course I can get to Google Photos on any of my devices, so --- THANKS!!! Now the whole world can see my adorable Carl and Torvald
posted by DMelanogaster at 6:50 AM on May 26 [2 favorites]