The Google Photos app has been updated to make it easier to navigate your gallery and view image information. Google says the photo view — the screen that appears when you open an image in Google Photos — has been redesigned to provide a “simpler, more modern, and more intuitive UI” while adding a new light mode, glanceable photo details, and streamlined action menus.

These changes are available now for iPhone users, and will be coming to the Google Photos app for Android “soon,” according to Google. The update doesn’t remove any of the previous functionality provided by the app, but some features may have been relocated.

The biggest visual change is the introduction of light mode, which will automatically match the photo view background to match your device’s system theme. Information is now also displayed at the top of each photograph that provides the date, time, and location where it was captured. Some pill-shaped “badges” are sometimes located underneath those details that allow users to play or pause a Live or Motion photo, change 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.

Thumbnails in stacks now have their own three-dot menu. Image: Google

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.

Google has announced a Photo View redesign in Google Photos on both iOS and Android. The company describes the redesign to bring a “simpler, more modern, and more intuitive UI.” The update includes a new light mode, glanceable date, time, and location details, and more.

The new Photo View redesign in Google Photos allows the App to automatically match your device’s light or dark mode preferences. With glanceable date, time, and location details right at the top of your photos, it makes it easier to pinpoint when and where a photo was captured. There’s also a Streamlined actions menu for improved usability and navigation. You’ll notice many key actions have been consolidated into the three-dot menu.

All the functionality from the previous experience is still here. You can tap the Add to (+) at the bottom to organize your photos into albums, move them to Archive, or secure them in your Locked Folder. Through the three-dot menu, you can now access a set of streamlined actions:

About

Google Lens

Create

Cast

Save as (for Live or Motion photos)

Download or Delete from device

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Manage your photo stacks and bursts through the new three-dot icon attached to the selected thumbnail. This is where you can change your top pick, remove from stack, unstack, or multi-select to take bulk actions on the photos in the stack.

Google has also added badges that you can tap to:

Back up a photo or manage your storage

Change the photo’s category

Play or pause a Live or Motion photo

Save a shared photo to your library

The new Photo View redesign for Google Photos is now available on the Google Photos iOS app for all users and will be coming soon to Android.