Shared otos albums get more social with new features

BY GreenBot Staff

Published 13 May 2016

Not only does want otos to be the home for all your images, but now the company wants it to be a social hub for sharing them with others. recently pushed out a new version of otos—version 1.20—that brings new social features to the app.  says anyone who joins a shared album can now add comments to individual photos or the overall group. 

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New features in otos bring a social dynamic to your shared images.

Additionally, you’ll see “smart suggestions” for which photos to add to an album you’ve joined. If it’s about a birthday party, for example, may look for other pictures of the same group that might have been left out.

en sharing an album, you’ll need to turn on the Collaborate  Comment features to let people participate. You’ll see the toggle for these when selecting a group of pictures to share.

l the new goodies are found in the latest build of otos, which is still rolling out on the ay Store (as of Friday) or available now on A Mirror.

The impact on you:  highly recommend  otos if you want to keep your entire photo collection backed up available for easy sharing. The image recognition capabilities are also top notch, though just keep in mind if you want full sizes of your pictures saved it will eat into your Drive storage bank.