Big Google Photos update adds a fresh three-tab design, mapping feature, and even a new icon (APK Download)


Google Photos is easily one of Google's most magical and indispensable services, and now it's getting a tasteful redesign. The app is getting a simpler three-tab interface, and the map view previously spotted in testing is now official. The new changes cover not just the app, but the familiar pinwheel icon, too, which is getting a simpler (and seemingly polarizing) look. You can anticipate seeing these changes land on your phone over the next week.
All we have to go on for Google Photos' redesign are the two GIFs Google has provided, but the changes seem straightforward enough.
We've spotted several tweaked tab layouts, from five to three over the last few months, and it looks like Google has settled on the simpler arrangement that was most recently spotted. Everything in the "For you" tab has been relocated to the Memories section, which is also picking up new types of Memories, like recent highlights and the best photos of you and your friends or family.
The new three-tab structure is pretty simple: You get a Photo section where all your content lives in a simple chronological feed, like before, but now it has slightly larger thumbnails, auto-playing videos, and less space between photos. The Memories carousel at the top also sports larger icons to match.
The new mapping functionality.
A new Search tab seemingly replaces the previous search functionality via the top bar in the app. That map view we previously spotted in testing lives in this section, together with bigger and better people & pets icons, compared to the tiny ones we used to have in the old search. The map view is actually pretty snazzy, letting you see a heat map of your photo locations (assuming you take photos with location data) so you can track down images by location or nostalgically remember what the world used to be like before coronavirus.
The Albums tab is gone, but most of its functionality is still present in the new Library tab, including browsing specific folders and albums, as well as your archived photos and trash, plus a shortcut to the Print Store. The Sharing tab is also gone, but Google says that functionality can be accessed via the "conversation" button in the top left corner across all tabs.
Old Google Photos logo, meet new Google Photos logo. 
The new icon is a simplification of the old pinwheel, and we're pretty polarized about it here at AP. I kind of like it, it's a lot simpler and just as easily spotted as the same app at a quick glance. However, others are getting "swastika vibes." The connection between a pinwheel and a photo still eludes us, though.
Google also tells us that the web layout will be refreshed and pick up the new icon over time.
We haven't spotted the new interface live on any of our own devices just yet, but Google says it should be rolling out, together with the new icon, over the next week. Google has also confirmed for us that these changes are tied to a specific app version update (v5.0.0.abunchofnumbers) which is currently rolling out. The Play Store app listing was also updated shortly after publication with the new icon and screenshots from the updated app.
APK Download
We've got the APK for this new version that you can sideload at your leisure:
Do note, it appears there may still be a server-side component to the changes, as we don't have the new layout on our own devices, even after steps like killing the app, clearing cache, or rebooting. As usual with Google app updates, your mileage may vary.
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