What the new Google Photos Stickers album does
The new Google Photos stickers album on Android is a dedicated folder in the Collections tab that automatically saves every custom sticker you create, so you can quickly find, reuse, and manage them without needing to recreate the same cutouts from your photos. Until now, Android users could make custom stickers but had no central place to store them, which made reuse awkward and inconsistent. With this update, every sticker generated from a long-press on a photo is preserved in a single Android stickers folder, organized for later use in messages and social apps. The feature mirrors the organizational tool that arrived on iOS earlier, and it is intended as a quality-of-life upgrade for anyone who enjoys turning personal photos into shareable stickers. In short, Google Photos now treats stickers more like a permanent creative asset than a disposable add-on.
Where to find the Stickers folder in the Collections tab
On Android, the new Google Photos stickers album lives inside the Google Photos Collections tab, in a position just after the Places map section. Once the feature is active, you will see a Stickers tile that opens a grid of your creations in reverse-chronological order, so the most recent custom stickers Android users create always appear at the top. Tapping any item opens a preview panel where you can copy the sticker for sharing via the system share sheet or delete it if you no longer need it. According to Digital Trends, an in-app prompt may appear saying “Stickers you create are automatically saved inside Collections,” confirming that the album is live. This layout keeps the experience consistent with iOS and makes stickers feel like a first-class media type alongside animations, collages, and other Collections content.
How Android users can reuse custom stickers more easily
Before this update, creating custom stickers on Android meant repeating the same long-press gesture on the same photos whenever you wanted a favorite cutout again. Now, any sticker generated from your images is stored automatically in the Android stickers folder, so you can pull it up and share it as often as you like without extra editing. This change removes a small but persistent friction point for heavy messaging users who rely on personalized stickers for reactions and in-jokes. From the Stickers album, you can copy a sticker straight into chats or social apps, which helps turn Google Photos into a more practical hub for creative assets. Over time, your Collections tab becomes a curated library of reusable visuals, narrowing the gap between casual photo storage and quick, expressive communication.
A six-month wait that brings Android to feature parity
Google’s rollout timeline for stickers shows how Android lagged behind. Sticker creation first appeared on iPhone, and Android users had to wait six months before gaining the same tool. Then iOS received a dedicated stickers album in its Collections tab, leaving Android a step behind again until this latest release. Android Authority reports that the dedicated Stickers folder is arriving with Google Photos version 7.78 and notes that “Google Photos on Android is finally reaching feature parity with iOS devices.” The rollout is staggered, so some phones, such as Pixel models, may see it earlier than others, even on the same app version. For users, the important change is that both platforms now follow the same pattern: create a sticker once, find it in Collections, and reuse it freely. The experience is no longer better on one platform than the other.
