Get the photographs off your phone and onto this
Have every photograph you take on the phone appear on the tablet by itself, and show a proper slideshow on a screen big enough for two people to watch.
Almost everybody assumes photographs must be carried from one machine to the other, like a box of prints. On modern devices they do not move — they appear in both places at once, because both are looking at the same collection.
It is one switch on the phone and the same switch on the tablet. After that, a photograph taken at lunchtime is on the tablet before you get home, and you have never done anything.
Key points
- Turn on the shared photo library so pictures appear on both devices by themselves
- Check that the phone and the tablet are signed into the same account
- Stop photographs uploading over cellular data while you are out
- Make an album and run it as a slideshow slow enough to talk over
What to remember
- The same switch exists on the tablet. Both devices must be signed into the same account for it to work.
- One collection, two windows. Deleting affects both — and Recently Deleted gives you thirty days to change your mind.
- An album is a list of which photographs to show, not a second copy of them. Deleting an album never deletes a picture.
Try this
On your own phone, open Settings and find the account address it is signed into. Then find the same setting on the tablet. If the two addresses match, you are one switch away from every photograph appearing on both.
Practice: Get the photographs off your phone and onto this. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.