Microsoft’s new Photos app combines your PC, OneDrive, and iCloud galleries

<figure> <img alt="The updated Photos app for Windows 11." data-caption="Link your image libraries together into one easy browsing gallery. | Image: Microsoft" data-portal-copyright="Image: Microsoft" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Windows-11-Photos-app-update-gallery.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Link your image libraries together into one easy browsing gallery. | Image: Microsoft </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Microsoft has <a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2026/10/15/meet-the-new-photos-app-on-windows-11/">redesigned its Photos app</a> for Windows 11, overhauling the editor and image viewer, and combining photos and videos from your PC, OneDrive, and iCloud into a single space. The new combined gallery experience aims to make it easier to manage and view your photos without jumping between apps or devices, while also improving app launch and scrolling performance in Photos.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">To combine your galleries in the Windows 11 Photos app, you'll need to turn on Camera Backup in the OneDrive mobile app on iOS or Android, and <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/icloud-windows/icw9f0ba665f/icloud">follow Apple's guide</a> to set up iCloud for Windows. Once combined in the Windows 11 Photos app, you can browse by date, o …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1012003/microsoft-windows-11-new-photos-app-onedrive-icloud">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>