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Actually, that’s underselling it a bit.

And part of the delight with Photos comes from discovering those older photos and remembering when you took them.

redesigned photos app in iOS 18

Want those Memory Movies closer to the top of the screen?

you could place the Memories section there, while moving other, less visited collections out of sight.

it’s possible for you to also designate specific types of photos like selfies.

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Apple’s clearly open to making some changes to the look of Photos, even after launching this redesign.

Memories are the best way in Photos for re-discovering those older shots.

It’d be nice if it had a position on the screen to reflect that importance.

The Year and Month views in the iOS 18 Photos photo library

But those kinds of changes amount to fine-tuning what’s turned out to be a pretty effective redesign.

You might find like I did that the changes to the app are better than you first realized.

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