Picasa - As of 15 March 2016, Google stopped supporting the Picasa desktop app. It will continue to work as it currently does; but Google won’t develop it any further, and there will be no future updates. Picasa Web Albums - Google has created a new place for you to access your Picasa Web Albums data and will start rolling out these changes on 1 May 2016. There’s no word yet on what that “new place” is or how it’ll work.
Picasa: What’s happening to your photos and videos?#
Picasa - Google recommended switching to Google Photos, so you can continue to upload photos and videos using the desktop uploader at photos.google.com/apps. The company will continue to update users along the way, but it emphasised that Google Photos is a “new and smarter product, that offers a better platform for us to build amazing experiences and features”. Picasa Web Albums - Google said if you simply “log in” to Google Photos, all your photos and videos from Picasa Web Albums will be there, and you will be able to access, modify, and share most of that content. If don’t want to use Google Photos, Google plans to create a new place for you to access your data, allowing you to view, download, or delete your Picasa Web Albums. You just won’t be able to create, organise, or edit albums from this new place, so using Google Photos is probably your best best.
