How to Automatically Add Photos to Albums on Google Photo

This practical guide walks through how to automatically add photos to albums on Google photo, explains the main requirements, and highlights common issues that may appear along the way.

First, open the Google Photos app on your iPhone, iPad or Android device and switch to the ' Library ' tab in the bottom right corner of the screen.

Next, select an existing album or tap create ' New Album '.

If you create a new album, give it a title, then tap ' Select People & Pets '.

For existing albums, tap the three-dot menu icon and select ' Options '. Then, tap the + (plus sign) button under ' Automatically Add Photos '.

You will now be 'welcome' with a list of photos of people and pets that Google has automatically identified. Select everything you want to automatically add to the album and tap ' Confirm '.

It's all that simple. Google Photos will immediately add old photos with content related to people or pets to the album. From this point forward, any new photos will automatically be added to the Album as well.