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Photos to Be Separated from Google+ Under New Boss

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Mar 2, 2015, 2:29 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Google has appointed Bradley Horowitz as head of Google’s Photos and Streams products. Google is splitting the Photos product from the main Google+ social network, which is being recognized by Google under the new "Streams" name. The news follows a recent Fortune interview with Google's Sundar Pichai, who implied that the photos product would eventually stand on its own. "It's important to me that these changes are properly understood to be positive improvements to both our products and how they reach users," said Hotowitz in a blog post. At the moment, the products are still together. Google didn't say when an official split will take place. Google has long been improving the Photos app on Android devices, which the default photo gallery tool on Android smartphones.

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