These enhancements are currently available for iPhone users and are expected to roll out to the Google Photos app for Android “soon,” according to Google. The update retains all existing functionalities of the app, although some features may have been repositioned.

The most noticeable change is the addition of light mode, which will automatically adjust the photo view background to align with your device’s system theme. Information now appears at the top of each photo, displaying the date, time, and location where it was taken. Occasionally, pill-shaped “badges” are shown beneath those details, allowing users to play or pause a Live or Motion photo, adjust the photo’s category, save shared images, and manage storage.

Several actions can now be found under the three-dot menu at the top right of the photo view, including About, Create, Cast, Save as, Download or Delete from device, and Google Lens. The latter was previously located on the photo view taskbar, and has now been replaced with an “Add to” menu that allows users to archive photos, organize them into albums, or secure them in a locked folder.

Lastly, photo stacks and bursts can now be managed via their own three-dot menu, which will appear beside whatever thumbnail is currently selected. Here you’ll find options to change the top image, remove images, unstack, or select multiple photos to take bulk actions.