Google Photos is Dumbing Down its Location Estimation Feature

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Google Photos is Dumbing Down its Location Estimation Feature
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Google Photos will no longer use information from Location History for new photos and videos when camera location settings are turned off.

that explains the changes. Photos has stopped using information from Location History to estimate locations for new photos and videos. Google Photos can still estimate locations using other means like visible landmarks, but the company says users can turn this “estimate missing locations” setting on or off in the Photos app at any time.

Google says that the change impacts a user’s estimated locations in Google photos but does not impact a users Location History, which is a separate opt-in feature.

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