Right click on the image and ‘ Copy image address.’ Now open Google images (using this link) and select Search by image (or the camera icon in search bar).Ĥ. Locate the image of your interest and hover over it> You’ll see three options – Good, Better and Best> Select any one of them and the image will open in a separate tab.ģ. On your PC/laptop open the Chromecast Background Images page.Ģ. So those of you who are looking for a solution to the same, here’s what you can do:ġ. If I recall the photographers may have been listed on Google + which no longer existsĪdditionally, the forums product expert also suggested a workaround to find the details of the picture. While users are confused, even a Chromecast Help forums product expert pointed out it could be due to the concerned photographers being listed on Google+.
Since Google+ went away is this no longer possible? I use the curated “Art Gallery” backgrounds for Chromecast and used to love looking up where some photos were taken to find cool places to visit etc. I used to use the feature daily but now all I get is Ambient settings. Yes, it’s very frustrating not being able to find out any information about the images. That functionality no longer exists instead tapping the ambient picture brings up the settings for ambient mode.
It used to be that when I wanted to know more information about the picture that was displaying on Chromecast I could go into the Google home app to the Chromecast device tap on it and it would send me to a description of the picture. Here’s how some of the affected users word this problem: As a matter of fact, users are encountering this issue since Google+ was terminated back on April 02. Tapping on an image of interest throws them to Ambient mode settings instead. But for past two months, Chromecast users have been reporting, the app doesn’t show the details of the picture anymore. Some thing that could be done through Google Home app. The screensavers it displays are so mesmerizing, you may feel like finding the location and adding it to your travel list.
One can even customize the TV screen with own pictures via Ambient mode that was once called Backdrop. It fills up the entire TV screen with a slideshow of the default screensavers. It can be plugged into the TV’s HDMI port to stream content from services like Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and others through your smartphone or PC.Īn interesting feature it offers is when Chromecast is online, but not streaming content, it acts like a digital frame. If you find yourself short on Google+ friends, Google product manager Neil Inala wrote in his blog post that joining the company's Google+ Create program will also give you a leg up.Chromecast is a popular media streaming/casting device. And if you're a budding photographer trying to get your work in front of the thousands of screensaver users out there, you just need to follow these guidelines and then post a picture that gets a lot of +1s. If you're on Android, Google's earlier Wallpapers app will also let you set your phone to shuffle through the same set of popular photos on the home or lock screen. Google also helpfully includes the photographer's username so you can track them down to check out more of their work. The app only pulls from publicly shared, high-res photos that don't feature people, so you can expect a lot of tranquil nature and soothing landscape photos.
With the newly released Featured Photos screensaver, you can finally turn your Mac into a photography gallery featuring some of the most highly rated shots from Alphabet's oft-overlooked social network.Īccording to Google, you'll get a different photo on every screen connected to your Mac, so your ridiculous 5k monitor setup will be more like a posh gallery than a posh desktop work environment. The same slick screensaver that brightens up unused screens with popular Google+ photos on the Pixel, Chromecast and Google Fiber devices is now available to keep your Mac occupied as well.