The new locked folder on Google Photos might not be as useful as we hoped


The Locked Folder is coming to Pixel devices first, and then to other Android phones. — dpa

One of the sections on Google I/O's pre-show was about Google Photos where the company announced a bunch of upgrades coming in. Given that Google Photos is going to become paid from June 1, this is a good time for the upgrades to roll in.

One of these new upgrades is the Locked Folder and we've told you about this already. Now, as more details are emerging, as Android Police points out, there are some deal-breakers here and this feature might not be as great as we thought it would be.

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