Google makes big splash that could permanently change its Photos app

Are massive changes coming to the all-new Photos app from Google? Probably, if the company’s recent purchase of Fly Labs is any indication.

Google acquired Fly Labs, an iOS videography app maker, in a deal announced on Friday, and it will probably mean that the company is intending to make further changes to an already revamped Photos app, according to a PC World report.

Fly Labs will become part of the Google Photos development team under the deal, something Fly Labs called a “perfect match” in a statement, and adding that they were “looking forward to folding our technology into Google Photos.”

The statement continues: “We’ll be pouring the same passion into Google Photos that we poured into Clips, Fly, Tempo and Crop on the Fly.”

Google hasn’t explicitly stated what this means for Google Photos, but one would be reasonable to assume that the company is probably going make a big move toward improving the video editing ability of its app.

Google revamped Photos earlier this year, offering users unlimited free storage and attempting to redesign the interface so that it enables better touch-screen editing. Now, users can swipe to automatically edit photos and videos and press and drag to select photos.

It’s good news for Fly Labs fans, who will now be able to access their four iOS apps — Clips, Tempo, Fly, and Crop — for free for a period of three months.

Fly Labs wrote in a statement on their website that they were looking forward to beginning work at Google: “We’re excited to announce that Fly Labs has been acquired by Google! … We’re excited to continue on our mission by joining Google and the Google Photos team in Mountain View, California. Google Photos is a home for your life’s memories, powered by Google’s machine learning and computer vision technology. It’s a perfect match for what we built at Fly Labs, and we’re looking forward to folding our technology into Google Photos. We’ll be pouring the same passion into Google Photos that we poured into Clips, Fly, Tempo and Crop on the Fly.”