Earlier this yr, Google unveiled a brand new safety/privateness characteristic for Google Photos within the type of Locked Folders. As the identify implies, this creates a personal folder that permits you to conceal images and movies you deem as delicate. However, the one draw back is that the characteristic was solely out there for Pixel telephones.

The excellent news is that should you’re not a Pixel telephone proprietor and don’t plan on upgrading to a Pixel handset, you’ll be happy to listen to that Google has since mentioned that the Locked Folder characteristic will quickly be increasing to extra gadgets working Android 6.0 or newer. How are you aware should you’ve gotten the brand new characteristic?

According to Google, customers who obtain the brand new Locked Folder characteristic will get a notification on their gadgets that prompts them to set it up. Obviously it will require that you’ve got Google Photos put in in your telephone and that you’ve got a tool that’s working Android 6.0 or newer, in any other case you’ll not obtain this notification.

Google doesn’t point out when precisely the characteristic can be rolled out aside from saying “soon”, so we guess we’ll simply must preserve an eye fixed out for it. It must also be pushed out in phases so should you don’t have it but however another person does, don’t fear an excessive amount of about it.

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