How to get the Locked Folder Google Photos feature on Android phones

It's nice to have the option of keeping private and personal photos away from your full general photo library, and now y'all can, even if you don't own a Pixel phone.

Google Photos is a handy app if y'all're looking to back up a few of your photos and earlier in the year information technology introduced this Locked Folder feature just for Pixel phones.

Thankfully, the company has now moved on and started rolling out this feature to more Android devices. An iOS version will exist arriving later in the year.

Judging from our screenshots though, it seems that the visitor has kept its promise in terms of Android. This was taken using a Samsung Milky way S20 FE, and every bit you can see you at present have the pick of setting upwards a Locked Folder, so you can keep personal photos away from prying eyes.

The Locked Folder too won't appear anywhere in your Photos grid or in your search, so you shouldn't accept to worry about anyone accidentally stumbling across the album itself.

Screenshot of Locked Folder on Samsung phone

If you're interested in setting up your own Locked Folder on your Android, you can bank check out how only beneath. Keep in mind, Google is claiming that Apple tree users will be able to use this feature too, it's just not available at the fourth dimension of writing this article.

How to fix up a Locked Folder on an Android phone

If you haven't already, download the Google Photos app
Log in to your Google account
Head into the Library tab
Get into Utitiles
Press on Prepare Locked Folder, if y'all haven't done it earlier you may meet a prompt, like is shown in the moving-picture show to a higher place
Simply fill it with any photos or screenshots, and keep in mind that you will need to provide a pin or a fingerprint each time you want to admission it