
The Locked Folder will first be available on Pixel phones and arrive on more Android phones throughout the year.

It seems that now that Google soon has to compete with other paid products, it's finally thinking about adding some of the basics it was lacking before. It's great to see that Google has finally added this feature to Photos. You also won't be able to search or create albums inside the folder, so if you have a lot of images in there, you might have to resort to scrolling through everything manually. Choosing the latter option is necessary if you want to edit, share, or trash items. Viewing an image in the folder, you get to see two always available buttons: Delete and move.

Once you move images into the folder, they won't show up in your timeline or any other place in Photos or your phone anymore.

The locked folder is great for sensitive images of documents, account numbers, ID cards, your social security number, and, you know, certain other sensitive pictures (editor's note: b00bs).
