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 - As of 15 March 2016, Google stopped supporting the Picasa desktop app.

We believe we can create a much better experience by focusing on one service that provides more functionality and works across mobile and desktop, rather than divide our efforts across two different products.' Picasa: When is Picasa shutting down? After much thought and consideration, we’ve decided to retire Picasa over the coming months in order to focus entirely on a single photo service in Google Photos. 'Since the launch of Google Photos, we’ve had a lot of questions around what this means for the future of Picasa. In a blog post, Google gave the following explanation:

You can read more about Google Photos via Pocket-lint's in-depth review or this official Help hub for Google Photos. There is also automatic tagging, auto-enhancing, and an animation creator, among other intelligent features. Both versions let you upload photos and videos from your device, then edit them, and share them with friends. Google Photos is a mobile app for Android or iOS smartphones. You can read more about both services from Google's support page. Meanwhile, Picasa Web Albums is a website where you upload and share photos and videos, and you can see the same media in your Google Photos account. Picasa is an app that you install on your computer to let you edit and organise your photos and videos on Windows and Mac OS X computers- all while preserving your original media. Picasa: What is Picasa and Picasa Web Albums?

And we've laid out all that information below and more, with the purpose of making this abrupt transition a little easier on you. Google has outlined what you can do with your photos and videos prior to Picasa shutting down. If you're a Picasa diehard, have no fear. However, Picasa and its companion Picasa Web Albums service started to be discontinued in March and saw the final stage of the rollout happen on the 1 May as part of Google's effort to focus on Google Photos, a smart and feature-rich photo-sharing/storage service that was spun out from Google+ last year.

The photo service was acquired by Google around 12 years ago and has long included native apps for Windows and Mac OS X as well as an integrated web app. (Pocket-lint) - Google-owned Picasa will be no more after this spring.

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