Microsoft slipped another Photos app on my PC, and this one wants names
OneDrive Photos arrived through an update, groups the faces in your pictures, and asks you to identify them—even though Microsoft says the preview is meant for Windows Insiders. Credit: Mark Hachman / Foundry Microsoft has quietly begun adding a second Photos app to your Windows 11 PC: OneDrive Photos (beta), whose key addition seems to be an unwanted demand to know who the people are in your life…and a reduction in what made the original Windows Photos a critical part of my workflow. To my knowledge, Microsoft hasn’t announced OneDrive Photos, and it’s not part of the Windows Insider program.
- ▪OneDrive Photos arrived through an update, groups the faces in your pictures, and asks you to identify them—even though Microsoft says the preview is meant for Windows Insiders.
- ▪Credit: Mark Hachman / Foundry Microsoft has quietly begun adding a second Photos app to your Windows 11 PC: OneDrive Photos (beta), whose key addition seems to be an unwanted demand to know who the people are in your life…and a reduction i
- ▪To my knowledge, Microsoft hasn’t announced OneDrive Photos, and it’s not part of the Windows Insider program.
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OneDrive Photos arrived through an update, groups the faces in your pictures, and asks you to identify them—even though Microsoft says the preview is meant for Windows Insiders. Credit: Mark Hachman / Foundry Microsoft has quietly begun adding a second Photos app to your Windows 11 PC: OneDrive Photos (beta), whose key addition seems to be an unwanted demand to know who the people are in your life…and a reduction in what made the original Windows Photos a critical part of my workflow. To my knowledge, Microsoft hasn’t announced OneDrive Photos, and it’s not part of the Windows Insider program. It’s just there: a stripped-down version of the Photos app, but with a special “People” section that asks you to identify everyone in your photos.
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