This Google Photos update has saved your digital photo frame

June 4, 2026 Jess Weatherbed

The Aura Carver frame, displaying a family photo.
Now you don’t have to manually add new photos of loved ones to your grandma’s Aura frame. | Image: Aura

Aura's digital photo frames will continue to automatically sync with your Google Photos albums, after API changes threatened to remove the feature. Aura is now rolling out a full migration to Google's new Ambient API, allowing your Aura frame slideshows to be automatically updated with new photos, instead of requiring owners to manually add them via the Google Photos app.

"With our updated Google Photos integration, you can add photos directly from the Google Photos app or sync an entire Google Photos album to keep Aura frames updated automatically," Aura said in its announcement. "Photos are sent directly to your Aura frames from Google Ph …

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