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TL;DR
- Google Photos v7.51 prepares to roll out the annual photo Recap for 2025 via the memory carousel.
- Editing the recap video may require users to install CapCut for access to templates and tools.
- An old feature — the floating navigation bar — has resurfaced, featuring three primary tabs and a potential fourth tab.
Google Photos v7.51.0 includes code that enables the yearly recap of photos and memories. Users will soon see a new option in the memory carousel to create a recap of 2025. When clicked, it prompts users to enable photos and video backup, and then informs them that it may take approximately a day to generate the yearly recap.
Code
<string name="photos_stories_souvenir_install_capcut_dialog_message">Get CapCut so you can edit and use new templates with your %1$d Recap video</string>
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Eagle-eyed users would notice the floating navigation bar in the above screenshots. This feature was previously spotted years ago, but it never materialized for users. With this Google Photos version, we can once again enable the feature, giving us hope that it could finally see the light of day.
Here’s another look at the floating navigation bar:
When this feature is initially rolled out to users, it will likely have three tabs: Photos, Collections, and Create. Since we have also enabled the upcoming Spatial tab on our device, we are seeing four tabs, with truncated text for the Create tab. The tabs show up just fine when you have the usual three:
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Neither the yearly recap for 2025 nor the floating navigation bar is currently live for users. We’ll keep you updated when we learn more.
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