A Google Photos bug is preventing users from sharing, editing, and deleting pictures
Reports say the Google Photos editor bug affects Pixel 8 through Pixel 11 phones and leaves Share, Edit, Add to, and Trash buttons unresponsive after edits.
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Google Photos Freezes During Edits on Android: Common Fix Needed for High-Res Images
Users report that Google Photos frequently becomes unresponsive or freezes during editing tasks like adjusting brightness, contrast, or applying filters, especially with high-resolution or RAW images. The issue spans device models and Android versions, likely due to memory management problems, forcing restarts and lost progress. Google has not yet addressed it officially.
A Google Photos bug is preventing users from sharing, editing, and deleting pictures
Credit: Taylor Kerns / Android Authority TL;DR Pixel owners are experiencing an issue with the Google Photos editor. Options like sharing, deleting, and editing become unresponsive after a photo is edited. The issue appears to be affecting multiple generations of Pixel phones. Google is currently working on powering up editing in the Photos app by improving the markup tools. In case you haven’t seen our previous coverage, we recently found evid…
Google Photos has recently added many new photo editing tools, but along with the app's expansion... unexpected problems have also emerged. Some Pixel smartphone users are reporting a bug that prevents them from using edited photos in other apps. After cropping or rotating a photo, it may no longer be visible in system file selectors, and buttons in Google Photos itself may become unresponsive. This problem doesn't appear to be an isolated incid…
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