How to View Google Drive Photos and Videos in Google Photos?

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Google Photos allows you to add, edit and delete photos, make movies, create collages and GIF's and share them with others. You will see two options to view photos and videos on Google Photos app i.e "All" and "Highlights".

If you edit a photo in Google Photos, then you can not see that in the Google Drive version of the photo. To see edited photo in your Google Drive folder, download the edited photo in Google Photos and upload it to your Google Drive folder.

Following are the steps to View Google Drive Photos and Videos in Google Photos:

Android or iOS app:
  1. Download and install Google Photos app on your Android or iOS device from the App store & launch it.
  2. Open Google Photos app on your Android or iOS device.
  3. Tap "Menu" icon located at the top left corner on the screen.
  4. Tap "Photos".
  5. Tap "Google Drive" located at the bottom right on the screen.

Computer:
  1. Go to https://photos.google.com/ & sign in to your account.
  2. Go to https://photos.google.com/search/.
  3. Click "Google Drive" located at the bottom right of the window.

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