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Google Photos update fixes the bug that hid edited pictures

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Google Photos update fixes the bug that hid edited pictures

Ben Schoon | Oct 29 2026 - 9:25 am PT 0 Comments

A bug in Google Photos has left edited pictures invisible to other Android apps, but Google has now rolled out a fix.

Since roughly July /August of this year, editing a picture in Google Photos has left Android users with the bizarre side effect of making that image unavailable to other apps. After saving the edit, the picture would vanish from the image picker in apps like Telegram, WhatsApp, and more. A workaround to this was to save the image as a copy rather than the original, but it’s frustrating nonetheless.

The fix is apparently in Google Photos v7.97, Artem Russakovskii (owner of APKMirror) mentions , and we’ve been able to confirm the hidden image behavior no longer occurs on v7.98 either. The company acknowledged the problem last month and confirmed a fix would be coming.

The exact cause remains unclear at this point, but that doesn’t matter now seeing as the problem is fixed. If you’re still seeing the bug, let us know in the comments below.

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