# 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")
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### Author: ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@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")

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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
<meta property="og:title" content="yorkshire (test) · Apr 27 – May 2, 2014 📸">                           
<meta property="og:type" content="website">                                                               
<meta property="og:url" content="https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipP-hhF_ef_wWDLFBBgdrtFoZlNkLz4RRnX3\
EoLJG6KcJ2bDGnWk1tPmId_E73Im6A?key=aW9pN1pUSXJDcnJicmFRM0otS0otd18wUnVaTllR">                             
<meta property="og:image" content="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczOdt22cIOKru3pFYRjCaNDBJm2BX\
kFI_fm_6SzmN8Ur48q2ebtH5rL4YsYfau9cAQkL-fq0LR45SSS_KL15pWsPZBHnYLk3pzpr7YQliOucWn1WfrK7=w600-h315-p-k">   
<meta property="og:image:width" content="600">                                                            
<meta property="og:image:height" content="315">                                                           
<meta property="og:description" content="Shared album · Tap to view!">                                    
<meta name="twitter:card" content="photo">                                                                
<meta name="twitter:site" content="@googlephotos">                                                        
...
<meta property="og:site_name" content="Google Photos">                                                    

```

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