Android's Photo Picker is finally getting Google Photos integration! This lets you share images or videos from your Google Photos libraries with apps that invoke the system Photo Picker.

This is rolling out with the February 2024 Google System Update and is available on Android 12+ (ie. the GMS backported Photo Picker doesn't support cloud content).

Other apps can integrate with the Photo Picker by utilizing Android's CloudMediaProvider API. However, the Photo Picker currently utilizes an allowlist, and only apps "nominated by OEMs" are currently eligible to participate in the "pilot program" that allows them to become a cloud media provider.

[1] My post from December showing off this feature

[2] Google's blog post announcing the rollout

[3] Developer docs for creating a cloud media provider.