Avinash kumar
Scoped storage on Android 11 is ruining the Google Photos experience
If you plan on buying a phone with Android 11 soon, you'll want to get used to your manufacturer's gallery app. And if you're going to be using Google Photos on something that's not a Pixel, be prepared to confirm every single thing you want to delete on the app. The reason why boils down to a new, well-intentioned policy in the operating system that leaves end users with some annoying consequences. You hit the trashcan icon, see a toast prompt at the bottom of the screen, tap "Move to trash" to confirm, and the media goes into the app's trash where it will sit for 60 days before it clears completely off your device. You can also hop into the Library tab and look in the Trash folder to manually wipe those pics. This experience is pretty consistent across different devices. Now let's take a look at what you'll see on that new, non-Pixel phone of yours on Android 11 as illustrated by our Artem Russakovskii on his OnePlus 8T . On your new device,...
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