It's not just Aura frames affected by the change; similar displays from companies like Cozyla are also impacted. Plenty of Google Photos users like me surely bought these frames for their convenient integration, and it's a real shame that that functionality is being lost.

Google Photos has released an "undo backup" option for Android devices, to give users more control over their cloud storage.

Google is changing the way apps can access Google Photos libraries, which is creating problems for owners of some digital photo frames. While the change is designed to make your photo library more private, it’s also breaking how digital photo frames — such as those made by Aura and Cozyla — automatically update slideshows on their devices.

Google has made a change that has been accused of “breaking” some digital photo frames. The tech giant is changing the way apps can access Google Photos libraries, which has been causing issues for people who use various brands of digital photo frames.

This afternoon, while putting together my upcoming iPhone 16e review (not to spoil anything, but check back Sunday if you like reading negative takes), I noticed Google had updated how search works within Photos on the web.