Following YouTube and YouTube Music, Google Photos is continuing the annual retrospectives with its 2025 Recap.
Debuting last year, this recap takes advantage of the existing Memories carousel at the top of the Photos tab. Google pairs your 2025 pictures and videos with fun graphics and cinematic effects. Stats will highlight your top people, places, celebrations, and total photos taken, while there’s a new selfie count.
In the US, those with Gemini features in Photos enabled will see their “standout hobbies and top highlights from the year.”
Following feedback last year, Google will let you hide specific people or photos and then regenerate. At the end of the Recap, Google will also offer a carousel of “short videos and collages from your lookback that are made for sharing on social or to the group chat.”
The Google Photos 2025 Recap also introduces integrations with third-parties:
- At the end of the Recap, there’s an “Edit with CapCut” export shortcut. This gets you “exclusive Google Photos templates so you can make a version that’s uniquely yours.“
- You can share the Recap directly to your WhatsApp Status.
The Google Photos 2025 Recap is rolling out starting today. It will be joined by other memories throughout December. After watching, it “will remain in the back of your Memories carousel and will be pinned in your Collections tab for all of December.”
If you’re not seeing the Recap, there might also be an “option at the top of the app where you can request for Photos to create it.”
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