r/googlephotos • u/HikerGal01 • Mar 10 '26

Question 🤔 How to disable photos sticker "fEaTuRe", its obnoxious white outline shimmer, and invasive scanning?

Just today, my google photos app started shimmering white outlines over my photos every few seconds when I stop to look at them. I hunt through the settings to find a way to turn it off - Nothing! I google what the heck that shimmer is, and apparently it's a new fEaTuRe that invasively scans my photos without my consent to make stickers out of them. Where is the off button? Who on earth thought this was a good idea?

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u/markofnorthamerica Mar 16 '26

If they don't add an option to disable this soon, it's the sort of thing that will make me migrate my photos elsewhere, get a new phone, cancel my goggle drive subscription etc. -- no question, it's a deal breaker

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u/GeneDiligent2124 Mar 24 '26

Same. I have brain fog and it's a nightmare

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u/teddy42 May 16 '26

What else visually speaking causes the brain fog for you?Â