How to Add Photos to Shared Album on Google Photos on Android

This wikiHow teaches you how to edit the contents of a shared Google Photos album, and upload new images from your Gallery app, using Android.

1

Open Google Photos.

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    Tap the colored pinwheel icon to open the Photos app. You'll find it on your home screen and/or in your app drawer.
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2

View your shared albums.

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    Tap the Sharing tab. This icon of two overlapping silhouettes is at the bottom of the screen. This displays all shared albums you can browse and edit
3

Select an album.

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    Tapping an album title displays all of its photos and videos. You'll also see all contributing members' Google profile icons at the top of the album.
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4

Choose the Add Photos option.

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    Tap the icon of a photos with a plus sign
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    .     You will see this icon at the top of the album.[1] A list of photos and videos on your Android will appear.
5

Select photos and/or videos to add.

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    When you tap an image to select it, a blue checkmark will appear on that image. You tap multiple photos and/or videos to add multiple files to the album at once.
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6

Upload the selected photos and/or videos.

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    Tap DONE to add the images to the album. This option is in the upper-right corner of your screen. The selected photos and/or videos will now be added to the shared album.

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References

  1. ↑ https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6128849?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid#zippy=%2Cadd-upload-or-remove-photos-and-videos

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Article SummaryX

1. Open Google Photos.
2. Tap Sharing on the bottom-right.
3. Tap a shared album.
4. Tap the image icon on the top-right.
5. Select photos to add.
6. Tap DONE.

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