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Google is apparently working on a subscription service that will print a selection of your photos monthly, then deliver them to you in neat 4\u00d76 format. The trick is that Google will select which things to print from your Photos library. Depending on your lifestyle, it\u2019ll either sound like a charming thing to get or a massive waste of money.<\/p>\n
A tipster, speaking to 9to5Google, said the big G is trialing the subscription service with select users in the US. We\u2019ve contacted Google to find out more about it. You can request that Google\u2018s algorithm pick you out pics of people, landscapes, or a little bit of everything. Then, once a month, Google will send a packet containing 10 4\u00d76 photos (on white cardstock with a 1\/8\u2033 border) to your house \u2014 all for $8. From a purely aesthetic perspective, it\u2019s a lovely notion, as physical photos offer a nice bit of permanence for your pretty pictures. Google also notes that they make great gifts.<\/p>\n
My first thought was horror that Google\u2018s algorithm would arbitrarily select photos for me from the many weird ones I\u2019ve taken. On any given month, I can have some utterly bizarre images crop up in my photo reel due to the nature of my job \u2014 last month alone, I had the dubious pleasure of\u00a0getting screenshots of AI-generated foot pics on behalf of a colleague. That\u2019s not exactly something I need a print of.<\/p>\n
However, that doesn\u2019t seem to be an issue, based on the screenshots from 9to5Google, in which Google assures users to they can edit the photos before they\u2019re printed. It kind of deflates the convenient notion that you\u2019ll be able to just passively receive beautiful photos every month, but I guess that\u2019s the compromise you have to decide if you can live with.<\/p>\n
Still, now I have the opposite concern: some months I just don\u2019t do anything of note. Or at least, what I accomplish might not be something worth taking a picture of. My life is not a glamorous one, and that suits me fine \u2014 but it seems like a waste of $8 to get prints of the random things I take pictures of on a quiet month, which I\u2019ll probably look at once and eventually throw away.<\/p>\n
Suffice to say, if your life is more photo-ready than mine, then this might be something worth looking into. If not, then this sounds like something you can give a hard pass to when it comes out. If you\u2019re still hungering for a few prints but don\u2019t want to shell out for a subscription, you can get prints from Walmart or CVS via Google\u2019s Photo print service for $0.25 a print.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n