Google is finally closing a major feature gap between its mobile platforms. A much-needed quality-of-life update is now reaching its Android user base. If you love cutting out subjects from your pictures to create personalized stickers, the latest version of Google Photos for Android automatically saves your creations inside a dedicated folder. This means you can reuse your favorite ones as often as you like without having to recreate them from scratch every single time.
Better late than never
For reasons that often puzzle the Android community, Google frequently rolls out new app features to Apple hardware months before updating its own ecosystem. iPhone and iPad users received the initial custom sticker capability way back in August 2025. This was a full six months before Android users got a taste of it. Apple devices also received the dedicated folder upgrade this past January. Now, with the launch of Google Photos version 7.78, Android devices are achieving true feature parity (via 9to5Google).
You can spot the new addition right inside the “Collections” tab, neatly placed right after the “Places” map. The app puts the folder near the top so you can open it quickly without scrolling down your screen. On the inside, your stickers appear in a clean, reverse-chronological grid based on when you made them. Tapping any individual cutout slides up a quick preview menu that lets you instantly copy the asset to your system clipboard or delete it if you no longer need it.
The slow rollout
While the update is officially live, do not panic if you cannot see the new directory just yet. Google is notorious for utilizing slow, server-side rollouts for major application patches. Those who have tested the build have noted that while the option is already visible on newer devices like the Pixel 10 Pro XL, it is still missing on other updated handsets, such as the Galaxy S25 FE. You can be on the lookout for a helpful in-app prompt that states, “Stickers you create are automatically saved inside Collections.”
This universal rollout comes at an interesting transition point for the Android operating system. Industry insiders report that as Google begins to phase out standalone creation tools like Pixel Studio, this integrated Google Photos capability seems destined to become the main hub for user-generated sticker media across all Android devices.
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