Doesn’t work well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you want it to show a strangers photos or artwork or ai art sure it works, otherwise, it’s trash. I used to have a great app for it that worked flawlessly with any of the albums I have in my google photos account, and it stopped working at actually being able to display anything, while other apps force you to use single photo selection now, which is flaky from phone trying to get different curated photos … can’t do it. Have to go through whole stream of years of photos, frell that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I did remove my account, then added it back, signing in on my phone to accomplish it. Then I got all the screens to activate and accept etc. Then when I looked at Ambient Mode, there was Google Photos! I had to put my password in then and voila, my photos, from where in my photos though. Hmm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Switched back to another account Ambient Mode didn’t have my photo anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Went back to my actual account and yup, it’s missing from Ambient Mode settings, what is? Google Photos option gone. I’m done fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ambient Mode Sucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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