Taking advantage of Google's new Live Albums feature? You'll now have room for a lot more photos and videos in your album.
As Android Police reports, Google has doubled the Live Albums limit from 10,000 photos and videos to 20,000. The site first caught wind of the change from a user who noticed their Live Album balloon to more than 11,000 images, and later received confirmation from Google.
The web giant has also updated this Google Photos support page to reflect the new limit. On that page, Google warns that "some features may not be available when you have a large album," but did not elaborate.
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With Live Albums, you can "enjoy a constantly updating stream of photos of the people and pets you care about and skip blurry ones and duplicates—all without lifting a finger," as Chromecast Product Manager Jess Bonner explained in an October blog post. You select the people and pets you want to include, then Google Photos automically adds photos of them to the album as you take them. You can share the album with others, so they can see new images as soon as they're added.
Live Albums are available on Android, iOS, the Web, the new Chromecast media streamer, and Home Hub smart display. To create one, open Google Photos, sign in to your Google Account, click Albums > New Album (+) > Automatically add photos of people, then select the people and pets you want to include, and click Turn on.
Meanwhile, the new Chromecast earned a "good" rating in PCMag's review, nabbing props for its affordable $35 price, library of supported apps, and more. Home Hub also earned "good" marks; we like its small footprint and handy touch screen but said it "won't impress anyone with its sound quality."