Photos New Tab

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Personalized photos from your Google Photos account in your new tabs.

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See personalized, random photos in your new tabs linked to your Google Photos account, getting your best memories in front of you throughout the day!

Every time you open a new tab you'll be shown a random photo from your Google Photos account.

You can choose which photos you want to see and hide to avoid embarrassing content from popping up unexpectedly. You can also temporarily disable personalization for presentations or public spaces.

This product is not made by Google and has no official association with Google Photos.

Hope you enjoy!

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New in version 2.0

Overhauled the extension to work with the latest Google Photos APIs. You will now have to pick the photos you want to show up manually, and can only add up to 2,000 photos. This is due to a limitation Google has placed on library access to Photos.

This should hopefully fix loading errors in previous versions of the extension. Let me know if you have any feedback!

Latest reviews

Lucy 2025-06-12: This app is great when it's working. Seems like google changed something because it no longer changes photos. The creator of the app is working into it, but I even picked an album that had two images and it wouldn't change. Hopefully it is able to figure out how to work around whatever Google did, as this app is great for my ADHD brain since I got to have a different image randomly.
Adam Brandt 2025-06-02: Was working great for a long time, but just started getting the error: This extension has temporarily hit its Google Photos usage limit. New photos will not load for bit. Please try again later. Now it just shows the same 1 photo.
Robert Wunsch 2024-11-13: It's pretty good, but my only complaint is the lack of a full screen option. I really don't like having black bars on the screen. Please add this option. The full screen option was working before the last update. Any chance we can get it back? Thanks.
Doangg Thao Vy 2024-07-25: Awesome extension! Thank you!
Melissa Dumont 2024-07-12: Always the same 30 photos are shown, when I have near 600 photos in my album
Linh Dao Smooke 2024-04-17: Hey Cory - I LOVE LOVE LOVE THE EXTENSION and have been using it ferociously for years. Lately I added a lot of pictures to my google and the app has been refusing to reconnect now matter how many times I install/uninstall, remove chrome, reinstall chrome, restart my computer. I even went as far as moving a folder with only 600+ photos to a different gmail acccount and trying to connect that instead but the app seems stuck forever. Can you please fix? thank you very much. brings a smile to my face and this extension is such a gem.
Coleyna Nevtelen 2024-01-20: I really enjoy this app! I don't understand what Zee is talking about. If having your choice of the images that appear whenever you open a new tab would be too much of a “distraction” for you, then why would you add an app that enables you to have that choice in the first place? And why rail against this app for drawing your images from Google Photos? It has to draw your photos from somewhere. Even if the images came from an alternate source, having your choice of images appearing in new tabs would be no less “distracting”.
Zee amin 2023-09-02: Adds to my stress with too many distractions. this will not mak google more popular. that is the main reason why I do NOT use MS Edge..... I hate the concept ....that is why i have stuck with Google right from the beginning.... already more than a decade!!!! your photo app is already very good and now that MS has dropped its photo app people will naturally use google photos.....please dont add this photo app on the new page....its horrible!
Zee amin 2023-09-02: Adds to my stress with too many distractions. this will not mak google more popular. that is the main reason why I do NOT use MS Edge..... I hate the concept ....that is why i have stuck with Google right from the beginning.... already more than a decade!!!! your photo app is already very good and now that MS has dropped its photo app people will naturally use google photos.....please dont add this photo app on the new page....its horrible!
Korey Leicher 2021-04-24: It would only show me two of my photos, no matter how many tabs I opened. Even the settings weren't helpful. Would not recommend, but who reads the reviews on web store anyway?
Korey Leicher 2021-04-24: It would only show me two of my photos, no matter how many tabs I opened. Even the settings weren't helpful. Would not recommend, but who reads the reviews on web store anyway?
Rowena Luk 2020-07-16: Highly recommend. Photos New Tab is a great way to bring a smile to my day at work, by reminding me of a good memory every time I open a new tab on my browser. I appreciate being able to selectively pick which Google Photos albums to show.
Rowena Luk 2020-07-16: Highly recommend. Photos New Tab is a great way to bring a smile to my day at work, by reminding me of a good memory every time I open a new tab on my browser. I appreciate being able to selectively pick which Google Photos albums to show.
KEPENATUAAN PANGKALPINANG 2020-07-14: good
KEPENATUAAN PANGKALPINANG 2020-07-14: good
Jessene Beecroft 2020-02-14: Thank you
Jessene Beecroft 2020-02-14: Thank you
madi 2019-08-29: I have been frustrated for quite a while that I had to just choose one picture as a background. This app has been a blessing. Keep up the hard work!!
madi 2019-08-29: I have been frustrated for quite a while that I had to just choose one picture as a background. This app has been a blessing. Keep up the hard work!!
Dany Elías Cisneros 2019-05-04: Buena, se ven tus fotos en una nueva pestaña.
Michael Bauer 2019-03-16: I couldn't use this extension first, because something was changed at Googles side and the extension didn't work. I asked for support and the developer fixed it, so now I can use the extension and I love it! Seeing all the long forgotten photos from my albums is awesome.
Michael Bauer 2019-03-16: I couldn't use this extension first, because something was changed at Googles side and the extension didn't work. I asked for support and the developer fixed it, so now I can use the extension and I love it! Seeing all the long forgotten photos from my albums is awesome.
CMP 2019-03-07: Hooray! No more getting stuck on "getting list of albums". Google broke it, but Cory fixed it. Thanks for your great extension, Cory!!!!
CMP 2019-03-07: Hooray! No more getting stuck on "getting list of albums". Google broke it, but Cory fixed it. Thanks for your great extension, Cory!!!!
Greg Bem 2019-02-05: Doesn't load albums! Infinite loop.
Greg Bem 2019-02-05: Doesn't load albums! Infinite loop.
Karen “Silly Grandma” 2018-12-15: it may be just me , but i can not get my pics off the screen , when i get on here they are here
Karen “Silly Grandma” 2018-12-15: it may be just me , but i can not get my pics off the screen , when i get on here they are here
Josiah Coad 2018-12-03: Hey Cory, is this open source? If so, I'd love to contribute. There's a couple of recommendations I'd like to make, if I may. 0. Can you please use the google Photo API instead of the strange "get.google.com/albumarchive" that I've never heard of before and doesn't accurately reflect my google photos library. 1. The contain option would be nice if it looked a little more polished... reflective photo option, white backdrop, etc 2. Options to filter images shown by location, time, keyword, etc... 3. A thumbnail google map showing where the image was taken Otherwise I love it! One of my favorite extensions. Again, would love to be able to contribute. Thanks! P.S. I found https://github.com/czue/chrome-google-photos in hope but the repo was empty!
Josiah Coad 2018-12-03: Hey Cory, is this open source? If so, I'd love to contribute. There's a couple of recommendations I'd like to make, if I may. 0. Can you please use the google Photo API instead of the strange "get.google.com/albumarchive" that I've never heard of before and doesn't accurately reflect my google photos library. 1. The contain option would be nice if it looked a little more polished... reflective photo option, white backdrop, etc 2. Options to filter images shown by location, time, keyword, etc... 3. A thumbnail google map showing where the image was taken Otherwise I love it! One of my favorite extensions. Again, would love to be able to contribute. Thanks! P.S. I found https://github.com/czue/chrome-google-photos in hope but the repo was empty!
Anonymous 2018-09-26: It's pretty good, but my only complaint is the lack of a full screen option. I really don't like having black bars on the screen. Please add this option, and I'll give it 5 stars.
Anonymous 2018-09-26: It's pretty good, but my only complaint is the lack of a full screen option. I really don't like having black bars on the screen. Please add this option, and I'll give it 5 stars.
Rob Bednark 2018-04-21: Sweet extension, exactly what I was looking for! I love the ability to be able to sign-in to a different Google account than the one I'm currently signed-in to Chrome as.
Rob Bednark 2018-04-21: Sweet extension, exactly what I was looking for! I love the ability to be able to sign-in to a different Google account than the one I'm currently signed-in to Chrome as.
Josh Borzick 2018-02-24: Simple, perfect. Love seeing old photos pop up.
Josh Borzick 2018-02-24: Simple, perfect. Love seeing old photos pop up.
Thomas Harrison 2018-01-18: Really cool concept and works great. Would love to have the option to "fit" the image to the tab by cropping or zooming.
Thomas Harrison 2018-01-18: Really cool concept and works great. Would love to have the option to "fit" the image to the tab by cropping or zooming.
Ben Horten 2017-12-24: This is my new favorite Google extension! I love getting surprised by old photos every time I open a new tab. If possible, I'd second the idea to prevent video stills from popping up, but I'd also be interested in seeing you collaborate with Tab for a Cause! I really like the idea behind that one, too, but if I were able to use that with random images from my Google photos like you've done here, that would be the dream. But, of course, above all else, thank you for making this!
Ben Horten 2017-12-24: This is my new favorite Google extension! I love getting surprised by old photos every time I open a new tab. If possible, I'd second the idea to prevent video stills from popping up, but I'd also be interested in seeing you collaborate with Tab for a Cause! I really like the idea behind that one, too, but if I were able to use that with random images from my Google photos like you've done here, that would be the dream. But, of course, above all else, thank you for making this!
Vinod Kurup 2017-12-12: I love seeing glimpses of photos that I otherwise would probably never see again!
Vinod Kurup 2017-12-12: I love seeing glimpses of photos that I otherwise would probably never see again!
John Otto 2017-09-30: I've been waiting for someone to create an extension that does this for ages. It works great! I'd love to see some customization options, especially: filtering (e.g. orientation, excluding videos/animations), aspect ratio/fill screen options, and ability to show/hide the album name/date.
John Otto 2017-09-30: I've been waiting for someone to create an extension that does this for ages. It works great! I'd love to see some customization options, especially: filtering (e.g. orientation, excluding videos/animations), aspect ratio/fill screen options, and ability to show/hide the album name/date.
Brad Hebert 2017-07-06: Love it! So glad you can choose which albums are used. Developer is very responsive as well.
Brad Hebert 2017-07-06: Love it! So glad you can choose which albums are used. Developer is very responsive as well.
Simon Kelly 2017-06-04: Great to have see those random photo's that are just languishing in the cloud.
Simon Kelly 2017-06-04: Great to have see those random photo's that are just languishing in the cloud.
Cory Zue 2017-05-29: I might be biased since I'm the author, but I love this extension! Using it brightens my day constantly.
Cory Zue 2017-05-29: I might be biased since I'm the author, but I love this extension! Using it brightens my day constantly.

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