Google resolves an Android glitch that prevented edited pictures from showing up in other apps

Google has rolled out a fix for a Google Photos issue on Android that caused edited images to vanish from image pickers across third-party applications. The problem surfaced around July or August, leaving users unable to locate modified pictures in messaging and social media platforms such as Telegram and WhatsApp. [2][3]

The bug appeared whenever users overwrote an original image with their edits, forcing them to save changes as a duplicate copy as an awkward workaround. According to APK Mirror founder Artem Russakovskii, the patch is included in Google Photos version 7.97, while 9to5Google confirmed the fix is also active on version 7.98. [2][3]

The remedy arrives after Google acknowledged the problem last month following weeks of user complaints. The app had recently experienced another issue that temporarily broke the Share, Edit, Add to, and Trash buttons after making an edit on specific devices, which Google addressed shortly after recognition. [2][3]