Google Photos API Change Breaks Aura, Cozyla Digital Photo Frame Sync

Google Photos API Change Breaks Aura, Cozyla Digital Photo Frame Sync

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. Image : Google Aura makes cloud-connected photo frames that display digital images you or anyone you’ve granted access to the frame adds. While the company offers several ways to get photos onto the device, one neat feature is that you can create a Google Photos album with, say, pictures of your kids and then turn on auto-sync to automatically add any new photos in the album to your frame. So, you could share the album with Grandma’s Aura frame, and she’d get a constant stream of new pictures of her grandkids. However, according to Jenisse Curry, senior director of communications at Aura, on March 17th, 2025, Aura will disable its Google Photos auto-sy…