Google has announced that it would no longer support Picasa- its desktop photo management application. This move according to the company is to enable it focus its efforts into developing its Google Photos service.
“After much thought and consideration, we’ve decided to retire Picasa over the coming months in order to focus entirely on a single photo service in Google Photos,” Anil Sabharwal, the head of the Google Photos team, said in a blog post.
Google will end all support for the Picasa desktop app on March 15th.This means that even though you can still download and use the app before that date, after March 15th, Google won’t be making any updates to it or providing any other additional support.
With regards to Picasa Web Albums, Google says that this service will still be available till May 1st. According to the company, Picasa users can move to Google Photos at any time simply by logging into Google Photos with your account information and your Web Albums will be there waiting for you.
For users who for whatever reason wouldn’t want to move to Google photos, the company said it would create a new place for them to access their web album. Albeit such users won’t be able to create, organize or edit album there. All they’d be able to do is view, download or delete their albums.
Picasa which was launched in 2002 and acquired by Google in 2004, was one of the first widely used photo editors. But as its popularity has declined over time, its no surprise that Google is looking to focus its efforts on its recently launched and mobile friendly Google Photos.
