Google is reportedly planning so as to add cloud backup assist to the “Locked Folder” of its photo sharing and storage service ‘Google Photos’.

The new feature has been discovered in a hidden settings page in the application’s latest version, reports Android Central.

With the new capability, users will get a way to back up images and videos saved in Locked Folder.

Introduced in 2021, the space is meant to keep sensitive photos out of the users’ main camera roll.

Currently, the photos and videos locked behind the folder are not able to recover once the users’ phone is reset or the Photos application is uninstalled, the report said.

In September last year, a report mentioned that several Google Photos users had complained that their old photographs had been “corrupted”.

People started noticing that their years-old photographs (over 5 years, roughly) had traces and deep cracks working by way of them.

Meanwhile, Google, final yr, had additionally added new filters in Google Photos to assist customers present their pores and skin in its true shade.

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