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Windows 11 deep dive: Checking out the new Photos app
Windows 11 has a new Photos app with new features and a brand-new look. Here's everything you need to know about the new app.
Windows 11 has been available for over a year now, and it recently received its first major update with the Windows 11 2022 Update, or version 22H2. Both bring major changes to the table, and many of the included apps have also been redesigned, some more than others. That includes the Photos app, which had seen some design changes already in the initial Windows 11 release, but got even bigger changes with Windows 11 version 22H2.
Windows 11 Photos app gets a redesigned editor with new update
Microsoft is rolling out a significantly redesigned photo editor experience for the Windows 11 Photos app with a new update rolling out now.
Microsoft is rolling out a new update for the Windows 11 Photos app including a major redesign for the photo editor. We received the update for the Photos app on a Windows 11 PC today, running a production build (non-Insider), so it should be rolling out to everyone on Windows 11.
New Windows 11 Photos app is now rolling out, and you can download it
After Microsoft teased it last week, the new Windows 11 Photos app seems to be available for some users, and you can download it, too.
The new Windows 11 Photos app is now available, as some users on Reddit have begun receiving the update. Last week, Microsoft's Panos Panay teased the new app, saying it'd be coming to Insiders soon. As expected, this update enables a few new features, but it also brings UI changes across the board.