Yahoo has unveiled a major makeover to Flickr in an effort to reignite interest in the photo sharing service.
The new Flickr unveiled Thursday, May 7, features an Uploadr application for Macs and Windows that allow users to easily upload several photos at once onto the photo sharing service. By default, all photos are uploaded privately, letting users to share them later, according to USA Today.
In addition, Flickr now boasts image-recognition technology, a new intelligent search and an array of new functionality to make it easier to navigate and use the software. The Uploadr will be available on mobile devices, so users can have photos on their smartphones easily uploaded to Flickr, according to TechTimes.
Using the Uploadr is a breeze. Users simply need to log into their Flickr account, select where their photos are stored and they're good to go. The Uploadr will bring these photos into the Flickr cloud automatically, said Tim A. Miller, head of engineering for Flickr, in a company blog post.
But that's not all; Yahoo even updated how photos are organized with a revived Camera Roll.
Camera Roll facilitates accessing and viewing an entire catalog of images, and then allowing users to organize their photos with seamless, fluid gesture using their mouse or touch screen on a smartphone. User can view their entire history of photos by when they were taken or when they were uploaded, and also edit them in a flash, thanks to new editing features.
User can also add titles, descriptions, tags and other metadata to a selected image.
This is the first big redesign since Marissa Mayer appointed Jeff Bonforte as the new Flickr CEP as part of a Yahoo's leadership team reshuffle. Back in 2013, Yahoo unveiled a redesigned version of Flickr featuring 1 terabyte of free photo storage.
Flickr's first mobile app for Android was released in September 2011.