Android Chrome and Photos apps both get a makeover courtesy of Google

Google is also making some changes to the Google Photos app with the Pixel 10 series about to be unveiled in just days. The changes are in line with Google’s Material 3 Expressive design makeovers. The new look was discovered in the app code for version 7.41 of the Google Photos app.

The Material 3 redesign will allow you to replace the circle that contains an image of your face in Google Photos with various shapes (this is the Material 3 face picker). After selecting the new shape of the “box” you want to contain your photo, you can change the name that the Google Photos app uses to refer to you. This is a more streamlined way to change your name than the current method, which requires you to find your photo under the People and Pets collection and type your name twice. Google doesn’t include any hint of these directions anywhere in the app.