Watch and manage your memories

Memories are collections of some of your best photos and videos, whether from previous years or recent weeks.

View your Memories

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Photos app .
2. At the bottom, tap Photos. 
3. At the top, tap a memory.

   • To move to the next or previous photo, tap on the right or left of the screen.

   • To skip to the next or previous memory, swipe right or left on the screen

   • To pause on a photo, touch and hold it.

Change your settings

Control which Memories you receive 

You can select the types of Memories that you want to appear above your photo grid. When at least one memory type is selected, the Memories carousel appears above the photo grid.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Photos app .
2. At the top right, tap your account profile photo or initial Photos settings Memories.
3. Tap Featured memories.
4. Select the types of memories that you want to find.

Hide someone

Important: When you hide someone, you won’t get their face in memories, creations or on your search page. 

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Photos app .
2. At the top right, tap your account profile photo or initial Photos settings Memories.
3. Tap Hide people and pets.
4. Choose who you want to hide.
   • To show someone, tap their face again.

Hide a date

Important: When you hide a date, you won’t get photos taken on that date in your new memories.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Photos app .
2. At the top right, tap your account profile photo or initial Photos settings Memories.
3. Tap Hide dates.
4. Add dates that you want to hide.
   • To remove a hidden date, tap Remove .

Control whether your Memories contain creations

You can select which types of creations you can find in your memories.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Photos app .
2. At the top right, tap your account profile photo or initial Photos settings Memories.
3. Tap Advanced.
4. Select which types of creations you want to find in your memories.

Manage your Memories notifications

You control what notifications to receive when there is a new memory or a new creation available to view.
 

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Photos app .
2. At the top right, tap your account profile photo or initial  Photos settings  Memories. 
3. Tap Manage memories notifications.
4. Under Memories, turn the toggle on/off to receive Memories from previous years, themed memories or creations. 

Creations

Creations made for you appear in your Memories carousel. You may find a colour pop appear in 'Recent highlights' or a 'They grow up so fast' movie as a standalone memory. You can also make your own creations such as a collage, animation or movie.

Check whether something has been created for you

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Photos app .
2. At the bottom, tap Photos.
3. Creations will arrive in your Memories carousel at the top.

Save Creations

You can save creations that are made for you like movies or animations.

To save creations from your Memories carousel, at the bottom of the creation, select Save. Saved creations appear in your photos view.

Find Creations that you saved

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open Google Photos .
   • In the Photos tab, your saved creations appear with other photos and videos.
2. To search for the creations you saved, at the bottom, tap Search.
3. At the bottom, in the 'Creations' section, tap the type of creation that you want, or tap All creations.

Make Creations

You can make your own collage, animation or movie from your photos and videos. 

To make your own creation:

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open Google Photos .
2. At the bottom, tap Library Utilities.
3. At the bottom, find options to create an Animation, Collage or Movie.

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