<s>
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
photo	B-Algorithm
sharing	I-Algorithm
and	O
storage	O
service	O
developed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
May	O
2015	O
and	O
spun	O
off	O
from	O
Google+	B-Application
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
former	O
social	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
shares	O
the	O
15	O
gigabytes	O
of	O
free	O
storage	O
space	O
with	O
other	O
Google	B-Application
services	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
and	O
Gmail	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
upload	O
their	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
in	O
either	O
quality	O
setting	O
,	O
original	O
or	O
compressed	O
(	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
up	O
to	O
16megapixels	O
and	O
1080presolution	O
,	O
respectively	O
)	O
,	O
that	O
will	O
count	O
towards	O
the	O
free	O
storage	O
tier	O
(	O
compressed	O
items	O
uploaded	O
before	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
items	O
uploaded	O
via	O
Pixel	B-Device
phones	O
released	O
before	O
that	O
date	O
,	O
are	O
unlimited	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
expand	O
their	O
storage	O
through	O
paid	O
Google	B-Application
One	I-Application
subscriptions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	B-Application
vision	I-Application
of	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
recognizes	O
faces	O
(	O
not	O
only	O
those	O
of	O
humans	O
,	O
but	O
pets	O
as	O
well	O
)	O
,	O
grouping	O
similar	O
ones	O
together	O
(	O
this	O
feature	O
is	O
only	O
available	O
in	O
certain	O
countries	O
due	O
to	O
privacy	O
laws	O
)	O
;	O
geographic	O
landmarks	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Eiffel	O
Tower	O
)	O
;	O
and	O
subject	O
matter	O
,	O
including	O
birthdays	O
,	O
buildings	O
,	O
animals	O
,	O
food	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
several	O
updates	O
to	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
,	O
including	O
reminders	O
for	O
and	O
suggested	O
sharing	B-Algorithm
of	O
photos	O
,	O
shared	O
photo	O
libraries	O
between	O
two	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
physical	O
albums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
received	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
after	O
its	O
decoupling	O
from	O
Google+	B-Application
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
privacy	B-Application
concerns	I-Application
were	O
raised	O
,	O
including	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
motivation	O
for	O
building	O
the	O
service	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
relationship	O
to	O
governments	O
and	O
possible	O
laws	O
requiring	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
hand	O
over	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
entire	O
photo	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
has	O
seen	O
strong	O
user	O
adoption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
reports	O
as	O
of	O
2020	O
,	O
approximately	O
28	O
billion	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
are	O
uploaded	O
to	O
the	O
service	O
every	O
week	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
than	O
4	O
trillion	O
photos	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
the	O
service	O
total	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
is	O
the	O
standalone	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
photo	O
features	O
previously	O
embedded	O
in	O
Google+	B-Application
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
social	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
launched	O
the	O
social	O
network	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
service	O
never	O
became	O
as	O
popular	O
as	O
Facebook	B-Application
for	O
social	O
networking	O
and	O
photo	B-Algorithm
sharing	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google+	B-Application
offered	O
photo	O
storage	O
and	O
organizational	O
tools	O
that	O
surpassed	O
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
in	O
power	O
,	O
though	O
Google+	B-Application
lacked	O
the	O
user	O
base	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
leaving	O
the	O
social	O
network	O
affiliation	O
,	O
the	O
Photos	O
service	O
changed	O
its	O
association	O
from	O
a	O
sharing	B-Algorithm
platform	O
to	O
a	O
private	O
library	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2015	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
added	O
shared	O
albums	O
to	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
pool	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
into	O
an	O
album	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
share	O
the	O
album	O
with	O
other	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
native	O
Photos	O
service	O
within	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
permits	O
full	O
resolution	B-General_Concept
sharing	B-Algorithm
across	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
platforms	O
and	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
12	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Picasa	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
application	I-Application
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
on	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
closure	O
of	O
the	O
Picasa	B-Algorithm
Web	I-Algorithm
Albums	I-Algorithm
service	O
on	O
May	O
1	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
stated	O
that	O
the	O
primary	O
reason	O
for	O
retiring	O
Picasa	B-Application
was	O
that	O
it	O
wanted	O
to	O
focus	O
its	O
efforts	O
"	O
entirely	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
photo	O
service	O
"	O
;	O
the	O
cross-platform	O
,	O
web-based	B-Application
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
updated	O
Photos	O
to	O
include	O
automatically	O
generated	O
albums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
multiple	O
significant	O
updates	O
;	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
now	O
surfaces	O
old	O
memories	O
with	O
people	O
identified	O
in	O
users	O
 '	O
recent	O
photos	O
;	O
it	O
occasionally	O
highlights	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
photos	O
when	O
a	O
user	O
has	O
recently	O
taken	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
images	O
of	O
a	O
specific	O
subject	O
;	O
it	O
now	O
makes	O
animations	O
from	O
videos	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
photos	O
(	O
photo	O
animations	O
have	O
been	O
present	O
since	O
the	O
start	O
)	O
,	O
displaying	O
specific	O
photos	O
intermixed	O
with	O
short	O
excerpts	O
from	O
longer	O
videos	O
in	O
videos	O
;	O
and	O
it	O
now	O
attempts	O
to	O
detect	O
sideways	O
and	O
upside	O
down	O
photos	O
and	O
prompts	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
accept	O
or	O
reject	O
a	O
different	O
orientation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
all	O
of	O
these	O
features	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
touts	O
machine	O
learning	O
does	O
the	O
work	O
,	O
with	O
no	O
user	O
interaction	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
released	O
a	O
separate	O
app	O
–	O
PhotoScan	O
–	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
scan	O
printed	O
photos	O
into	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
,	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
uses	O
a	O
scanning	O
process	O
in	O
which	O
users	O
must	O
center	O
their	O
camera	O
over	O
four	O
dots	O
that	O
overlay	O
the	O
printed	O
image	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
software	O
can	O
combine	O
the	O
photographs	O
for	O
a	O
high-resolution	B-Algorithm
digital	O
image	O
with	O
the	O
fewest	O
possible	O
defects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
month	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
added	O
a	O
"	O
Deep	O
blue	O
"	O
slider	O
feature	O
that	O
lets	O
users	O
change	O
the	O
color	O
and	O
saturation	O
of	O
skies	O
,	O
without	O
degrading	O
image	O
quality	O
or	O
inadvertently	O
changing	O
colors	O
of	O
other	O
objects	O
or	O
elements	O
in	O
photos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
updated	O
the	O
"	O
Albums	O
"	O
tab	O
on	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
app	O
to	O
include	O
three	O
separate	O
sections	O
;	O
one	O
for	O
the	O
phone	O
's	O
camera	O
roll	O
,	O
with	O
different	O
views	O
for	O
sorting	O
options	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
people	O
or	O
location	O
)	O
;	O
another	O
for	O
photos	O
taken	O
inside	O
other	O
apps	O
;	O
and	O
a	O
third	O
for	O
the	O
actual	O
photo	O
albums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
added	O
an	O
automatic	O
white	O
balance	O
feature	O
to	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Android	B-Application
app	O
and	O
website	O
were	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
receive	O
the	O
feature	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
later	O
rollout	O
to	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
feature	O
also	O
extends	O
to	O
sharing	B-Algorithm
photos	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
a	O
low-resolution	O
image	O
will	O
be	O
sent	O
before	O
being	O
updated	O
with	O
a	O
higher-quality	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
added	O
video	O
stabilization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
several	O
updates	O
to	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Suggested	O
Sharing	B-Algorithm
"	O
reminds	O
users	O
to	O
share	O
captured	O
photos	O
after	O
the	O
fact	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
groups	O
photos	O
based	O
on	O
faces	O
and	O
suggests	O
recipients	O
based	O
on	O
facial	O
recognition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Towards	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
introduced	O
an	O
"	O
Archive	O
"	O
feature	O
that	O
lets	O
users	O
hide	O
photos	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
timeline	O
view	O
without	O
deleting	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
sharing	B-Algorithm
features	O
announced	O
in	O
May	O
began	O
rolling	O
out	O
to	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
doubled	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
users	O
can	O
store	O
in	O
a	O
private	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
Live	O
Album	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2019	O
,	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
social	O
media-like	O
feature	O
called	O
"	O
Memories	O
"	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Stories	O
feature	O
in	O
Instagram	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
which	O
highlights	O
past	O
photos	O
to	O
give	O
their	O
users	O
a	O
nostalgic	O
feeling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
25	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
introduced	O
a	O
major	O
redesign	O
to	O
the	O
mobile	O
and	O
web	B-Application
apps	I-Application
,	O
accompanied	O
by	O
a	O
new	O
,	O
simplified	O
logo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
has	O
apps	O
for	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-General_Concept
Lens	I-General_Concept
is	O
also	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recipients	O
of	O
shared	O
images	O
can	O
view	O
web	B-Application
galleries	O
without	O
needing	O
to	O
download	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
swipe	O
their	O
fingers	O
across	O
the	O
screen	O
to	O
adjust	O
the	O
service	O
's	O
photo	B-Application
editing	I-Application
settings	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
using	O
sliders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Images	O
can	O
be	O
easily	O
shared	O
with	O
social	O
networks	O
(	O
Google+	B-Application
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
)	O
and	O
other	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
generates	O
web	B-Application
links	O
that	O
both	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
users	O
and	O
non-users	O
can	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
feature	O
showing	O
a	O
heat	B-Application
map	I-Application
of	O
photo	O
locations	O
was	O
added	O
in	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
issues	O
about	O
data	O
sharing	B-Algorithm
and	O
exporting	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
not	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
download	O
pictures	O
and	O
videos	O
in	O
their	O
original	O
quality	O
or	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
original	O
data	O
,	O
notably	O
GPS	O
location	O
info	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
downloading	O
via	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Takeout	O
feature	O
results	O
in	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
information	O
missing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
has	O
three	O
storage	O
settings	O
:	O
"	O
Storage	O
saver	O
"	O
(	O
formerly	O
"	O
High	B-General_Concept
quality	I-General_Concept
"	O
)	O
,	O
"	O
Original	O
quality	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Express	O
quality	O
"	O
(	O
unavailable	O
in	O
certain	O
locations	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Storage	O
saver	O
includes	O
photo	O
and	O
video	O
storage	O
for	O
photos	O
up	O
to	O
16megapixels	O
and	O
videos	O
up	O
to	O
1080presolution	O
(	O
the	O
maximum	O
resolutions	B-Algorithm
for	O
average	O
smartphone	B-Application
users	O
in	O
2015	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Original	O
quality	O
preserves	O
the	O
original	O
resolution	B-General_Concept
and	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Express	O
quality	O
includes	O
photo	O
and	O
video	O
storage	O
for	O
photos	O
up	O
to	O
3	O
megapixels	O
and	O
videos	O
up	O
to	O
480p	O
resolution	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
generations	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Pixel	B-Device
phones	O
,	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
offers	O
unlimited	O
storage	O
at	O
"	O
Original	O
quality	O
"	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Pixel	B-Device
had	O
no	O
limits	O
to	O
this	O
offer	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
2	O
and	O
3	O
only	O
offered	O
unlimited	O
storage	O
at	O
"	O
Original	O
quality	O
"	O
for	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
taken	O
before	O
January	O
16	O
,	O
2021	O
and	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2022	O
respectively	O
,	O
with	O
all	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
taken	O
after	O
those	O
dates	O
being	O
uploaded	O
at	O
"	O
Storage	O
saver	O
"	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pixel	B-Device
3a	O
and	O
onwards	O
do	O
not	O
offer	O
unlimited	O
storage	O
at	O
"	O
Original	O
quality	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
4	O
,	O
Pixel	B-Device
4a	O
,	O
Pixel	B-Device
4a	O
(	O
5G	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Pixel	B-Device
5	I-Device
offering	O
a	O
3-month	O
trial	O
for	O
the	O
100GB	O
Google	B-Application
One	I-Application
plan	O
to	O
new	O
members	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2020	O
,	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
ending	O
its	O
offering	O
of	O
free	O
unlimited	O
storage	O
for	O
photos	O
uploaded	O
in	O
"	O
High	B-General_Concept
quality	I-General_Concept
"	O
or	O
"	O
Express	O
quality	O
"	O
starting	O
on	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
rising	O
demand	O
for	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
changed	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
"	O
High	B-General_Concept
quality	I-General_Concept
"	O
to	O
"	O
Storage	O
saver	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
move	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
reduce	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
reliance	O
on	O
ad-based	O
revenue	O
and	O
increase	O
subscriptions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Existing	O
photos	O
will	O
remain	O
unaffected	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
photos	O
will	O
count	O
towards	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
storage	O
quota	O
shared	O
across	O
Google	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
,	O
Gmail	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Owners	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Pixel	B-Device
smartphones	B-Application
up	O
until	O
the	O
Pixel	B-Device
5	I-Device
will	O
remain	O
exempt	O
from	O
this	O
change	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
five	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
had	O
100	O
million	O
users	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
uploaded	O
3.72petabytes	O
of	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
one	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
service	O
had	O
over	O
200	O
million	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
has	O
over	O
500million	O
users	O
,	O
who	O
upload	O
over	O
1.2billion	O
photos	O
every	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2020	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
more	O
than	O
4	O
trillion	O
photos	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
every	O
week	O
28	O
billion	O
new	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
are	O
uploaded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
May	O
2015	O
release	O
of	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
,	O
reviewers	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
service	O
was	O
among	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
its	O
kind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Walt	O
Mossberg	O
of	O
Recode	O
declared	O
the	O
service	O
the	O
best	O
in	O
cloud	O
photo	O
storage	O
,	O
against	O
its	O
competition	O
from	O
Amazon	B-Application
(	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
Apple	O
(	O
iCloud	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Dropbox	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
(	O
OneDrive	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jacob	O
Kastrenakes	O
of	O
The	O
Verge	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
release	O
made	O
Google	B-Application
a	O
major	O
competitor	O
in	O
the	O
photo	O
storage	O
market	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
its	O
pricing	O
structure	O
obsoleted	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
paying	O
for	O
photo	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sarah	O
Mitroff	O
and	O
Lynn	O
La	O
of	O
CNET	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
service	O
's	O
phone	O
and	O
tablet	O
apps	O
were	O
particularly	O
good	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
had	O
a	O
more	O
streamlined	O
design	O
than	O
Yahoo	B-Application
's	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
and	O
more	O
organizing	O
features	O
than	O
Apple	O
's	O
iCloud	B-Application
photo	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kastrenakes	O
described	O
the	O
service	O
's	O
May	O
2015	O
release	O
as	O
evidence	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
was	O
spinning	O
out	O
the	O
"	O
best	O
features	O
"	O
of	O
its	O
Google+	B-Application
social	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
's	O
strategy	O
,	O
as	O
described	O
by	O
Josh	O
Lowensohn	O
of	O
The	O
Verge	O
,	O
was	O
to	O
put	O
all	O
data	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
servers	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
universally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lowensohn	O
noted	O
the	O
service	O
's	O
speed	O
and	O
intelligence	O
,	O
especially	O
in	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
sort	O
unorganized	O
photos	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
photo	O
loading	O
times	O
,	O
search	O
speeds	O
,	O
and	O
simple	O
photo	B-Application
editing	I-Application
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kastrenakes	O
compared	O
the	O
service	O
's	O
new	O
image	O
analysis	O
to	O
technology	O
unveiled	O
by	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
earlier	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
surprised	O
that	O
a	O
search	O
for	O
"	O
boats	O
"	O
found	O
both	O
Cape	O
Cod	O
fishing	O
boats	O
and	O
Venetian	B-Application
gondolas	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
noted	O
errors	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
professional	O
photograph	O
registering	O
as	O
a	O
screenshot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
particularly	O
concerned	O
about	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
motivation	O
for	O
building	O
the	O
service	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
relationships	O
with	O
existing	O
governments	O
,	O
and	O
potential	O
laws	O
that	O
would	O
require	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
provide	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
entire	O
history	O
of	O
photos	O
upon	O
request	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dvorak	O
also	O
highlighted	O
the	O
service	O
's	O
poor	O
choice	O
of	O
photos	O
to	O
animate	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
longevity	O
guarantees	O
,	O
considering	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
abrupt	O
cancellation	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
.	O
</s>
