Photos on Proton Drive works, but it's not great. I am currently using Ente to store my photos, because the Proton option was too clunky. Would be great to have everything in one place and not having to pay for two subscriptions.

I just used https://face-symmetry.com/ and honestly, it’s so accurate! The AI instantly analyzed my photo and showed how evenly my features are aligned — super fun to try.

Just joined Proton a few days ago and I would like to emphasis this comment: Buy ente and re-brand it Proton Photos.

Isn't it fairly clear by now what the ideal solution is? Buy ente and re-brand it Proton Photos.

Some problems as it is currently:

1) When importing from Google Photos on Mac. When you unzip the files, MacOS creates hidden files that also get uploaded. These filenames look like "._NameOfFile.png"
The file names END with a .png but they are NOT pictures.

2) Sharing albums requires others to have a Proton account. That is not ideal.

3) Images load too slow when scrolling through pictures on Android.

4) Basic file manager view, for photos on web. This is important when you first migrate because even though you import things, you still might need to copy things back and forth and rename some albums etc.

5) Expiry date on shared albums. Make it so that if I share an album, I can set a date on which the link expires.

Proton Photos as it stands is not competitive when compared to Google, Ente or even newcomers Zeitkapsl.

Needs a dedicated app rather than just within Drive and needs a dedicated search function

I'm really happy with ente.io, you could consider buying them.

This feature is a must. Please make it happen.

Would love this. Is it not possible for proton to work together with open source app like immich or photoprism or as mentioned below Ente photos? In its current state photos in proton drive is not useful for me as it is lacking to much functions.

It's great to have a photo backup. But I can't acces them from my computer with Proton Drive. Why is it not integrated in the Proton Drive program for Windows? I want to organize my pictures on the computer rater then on a web page.

Can you create a separate Proton Photos instead of being under Proton Drive? The best idea is to partner with Ente or acquire them. They are doing a great job and a great alternative to Google Photos. I'm all in into Proton, but need to pay Ente as your Photos app is far from enough.

Please do this

Actually, what could really up the game here is a Proton photo app for Photos and Videos that automatically has a duplicate - cleaner service in it. The ability to tag/ like/ photos according to user face recognition/ gps location I am not sure how that could work with the privacy encryption but could be an optional section within the app. Just to make it easier to find/ catalog and tag pictures and remove duplicate pictures all in one. I can't think of anyone having implemented a duplicate/ similar picture- video cleaner in app.

Ok but what about a separate app just for photos? separated from the main Drive? where we can like and group photos like in iphoto?

To have a new ProtonPhotos app would be fantastic. Drive is cool for photos but doens't offer the possibility to like pictures/ categorize them and acess them. An encrypted vault inside of ProtonPhoto would be fantastic too

I agree with many of the comments below.
There should be a separate photos app if possible and the photos should be accessible as a folder within Drive.
Also, please give us the option to create albums, add searching functionalities, ...
Keep up the great work!

It would definitely be the killer application for proton unlimited! On drive it's a good start but something similar to google photos or ente.io would be a game changer

Proton, "Proton Drive photo backup" is not what we want nor need. We need a dedicated app for photos. They can, or not, be compressed (up to the user). The app needs to be able to search photos based on GPS location or keywords of things that are found in the photo (up to the user to enable context recognition or as an extra paid feature).

The Photos app really needs an on-device AI search that makes it easy to find specific photos based on their content, date, tags, albums, or even location metadata. It should also have a feature to find similar photos, like JottaCloud does, so you can quickly pull up that product photo you took months ago in a store or that hilarious memory you want to show a friend. The AI should respect privacy by using pre-trained models that don’t rely on user data. Plus, the app needs to load photos fast and have a simple, clean design that helps you easily find what you’re looking for—even in a huge library. The app should also have the option to delete photos that have already been uploaded from your phone.

Proton, what you said is NOT what we want!

We want either a standalone "Proton Photos" app just like Google Photos OR adapt Proton Drive to have a section that behaves like Google Photos where we have albums and correlate to what's on our computers and phones, where you can search photos by date or tags, and scroll down the photos. We need something like Google Photos or Ente ASAP!