How to create a photo album on an iPad using the 'People' album?

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The Photos app on your iPad lets you organize the photos of your Family and friends in your 'People' album. With this, you'd be able to a face thumbnail for each person your device recognizes with the number of photos in the collection. Here's how you can create a photo album on an iPad using the 'People' album.
  1. Tap the Photos app.
  2. Tap the 'People' album
  3. Tap a person that's been recognized. Photos will not automatically tag people with names. You'll need to enter names manually, and this will not sync with your other devices. You'll have to set up the People album on each of your individual devices, since the data is not synced with your account for privacy reasons.
  4. Tap 'Add Name'
  5. Type a name for the person. Photos will show autocomplete options for names in your contacts list. 
  6. Tap "Merge" if the person has already been added. Sometimes Photos will make separate entries for the same person. When you enter someone's name that is already in the list, tapping "Merge" will combine all of their pictures.
  7. Drag and drop people to your 'Favorite' section. Tap and drag a face to add it to the top of the 'People' album.
  8. Tap a person to view pictures of them. Once you've labeled someone and merged any duplicate entries, Photos will start automatically adding new pictures of them as you take them. Tapping a person in the People album will show all of the pictures that Photos has matched with that person.

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