The Library tab in the Google Photos app is where you can go to look at your albums, check your on-device folders for images, and access shortcuts (Favorites, Utilities, Archive, and Trash).

Google Photos is working on a redesign of the Library tab on Android that renames it to “Collections.” In recent weeks, Google has been testing this new UI with more users and the reaction is ...

Google Photos is replacing its library tab with a new destination called Collections that’s supposed to make “finding content easier than ever.” ...

We only have one report today of this You tab replacing the YouTube Library. If YouTube proceeds with the redesign, it would further branch off from other first-party apps.

Google Photos removes the familiar Utilities button in favor of an easier way to access the Locked Folder. Some features are now harder to find.

"Photos now features separate tabs for Library and for Collections," he added. With the new Photos app on iOS 26, Apple is keeping the best of both iOS 17 and iOS 18.