Get the latest tech news

Google Photos is losing a feature your long-distance family loved

Google Photos is causing trouble for some digital photo frames.

But now, thanks to some recent tweaks to those tools, as The Verge reported, those handy connections are getting cut off, leaving a few digital photo frames in the lurch. Google’s updates to its Photos API were meant to boost user privacy, but they’ve also disabled automatic syncing for some devices, like Aura and Cozyla frames. However, starting March 17, Aura is pulling the plug on its automatic Google Photos sync, as Senior Director of Communications Jenisse Curry confirmed.

Get the Android app