# Google photo album onebox is confusing
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-photo-album-onebox-is-confusing/401234
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [April 22, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-photo-album-onebox-is-confusing/401234 "2026-04-22T11:21:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-photo-album-onebox-is-confusing/401234/1 "2026-04-22T11:21:03Z")
A link to a google photo album appears as if it’s a single image, with no hint that it’s a link to content. For example:
[ ](https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipP-hhF_ef_wWDLFBBgdrtFoZlNkLz4RRnX3EoLJG6KcJ2bDGnWk1tPmId_E73Im6A?key=aW9pN1pUSXJDcnJicmFRM0otS0otd18wUnVaTllR)
Edit: link is `https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ne7A14xQeMzeMZvh9`
That’s not an image, it’s the cover image of an album with several photos.
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### Author:  [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-photo-album-onebox-is-confusing/401234/2 "2026-04-22T13:23:57Z")
I did find this, interestingly it looks like it used to, just doesn’t now..
> [@Onebox support for new Google Photos](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-support-for-new-google-photos/30106/13):
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> Seeing how Instagram oneboxing is working nicely, any chance the same could be applied to Google Photos albums? Here is the link that Google produces for sharing an album with 3 photos in it: [https://photos.app.goo.gl/OPDpevnR0XUHTqA33](https://photos.app.goo.gl/OPDpevnR0XUHTqA33) And here is how a Google Photos album with 3 photos is presented in Discourse: [[3 new items · Album by Omar Filipovic] Pike's Peak …](https://photos.app.goo.gl/OPDpevnR0XUHTqA33)
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-photo-album-onebox-is-confusing/401234/3 "2026-04-22T14:23:18Z")
Tagging this with #pr-welcome, meaning, we’re open to improvements here if somebody is keen on contributing.
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### Author:  [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-photo-album-onebox-is-confusing/401234/4 "2026-04-22T16:27:00Z")
By the miracle of curl, I see the link I posted does a 302 redirect, and the destination includes these header tags, amongst a great deal else:
```plaintext
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```