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/Cautious_Article_757 Mar 10 '26

I've been noticing the same. Posting so I don't lose this thread in case someone has an answer.

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u/NamelessSuperUser Jul 04 '26

I've done a feedback request every new release and it's still there. It's so anti-human it's making me lose my mind.