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Nikunj Kothari
@nikunj · Senior PM, Shyp
Amazing, love love the video! @dflieb any reason this is put in a standalone app instead of integrated with Google Photos? Do we expect to see more standalone apps from Google Photos?
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Wojtek Witkowski
@dubstrike · Rayfeed
@nikunj @dflieb Classic Google. Probably a different team working on each app.
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David Lieb
@dflieb · Product Lead, Google Photos
@nikunj We think that scanning photos isn't something you'll do daily -- it's more like something you'll do a handful of times when you get access to the printed photos. So it didn't make much sense to incorporate directly into Google Photos. Plus, this lets us offer PhotoScan to people who aren't yet using Google Photos.
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William Pitcher
@wmpitcher · Founder, Pitcher Group
@nikunj @dflieb probably because you don't need it nearly as often as a regular photos app.
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David Lieb
@dflieb · Product Lead, Google Photos
@nikunj We'll do separate apps if/when it makes sense, but no specific plans atm.
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David Lieb
@dflieb · Product Lead, Google Photos
@dubstrike @nikunj Nope, it's us :)
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Nikunj Kothari
@nikunj · Senior PM, Shyp
@dflieb That makes sense. I really liked Motion Stills and saw you recently integrated that with the main app. My initial thought was Google Photos is going to build standalone apps and then integrate with the main app as they become popular which is why I asked the question. Similar to what Instagram is doing with Boomerang and Layout
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David Lieb
@dflieb · Product Lead, Google Photos
@nikunj Yeah, I think if we saw a large overlap b/w PhotoScan users and Google Photos users, we'll at least think about a tighter integration. But only if we think it's good for users.
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