EDIT: October 18 – This has been edited to reflect the Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 official RTM/GA release. I've just installed the 8.1 Preview on a desktop. EDIT: 10/17/2013-this is also true for RTM . The Photos App has changed: No longer includes the ability to show images from Facebook, Flickr, SkyDrive <10/18/2013deleted missing networked computers issue - for information on how to include content from supported Windows computers on a home network, see http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows8_1-pictures/add-network-folders-and-display-pictures-in-the/bf3252f8-9162-4129-8387-5367e24b5609 - note that many older versions of Windows are not supported and that there is no support for Linux based NAS devices> Does have some new editing features 3. Live Tile functionality has disappeared. Edit:6/30 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1_pr-pictures/possible-fix-for-photos-app-live-time-not-showing/e0eb3bb4-3e9c-4016-aa27-4a011ccc94a3 is what a possible solution is to missing Live Tile issues. Edit: 7/04 Tiles are working, but images change only 1x per day. This needs to be a shorter period. -- Barb Windows Entertainment and Connected Home MVP My Blog - http://digitalmediaphile.com/ Barb's Connected World Blog Reader Windows 8 App - http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/barbs-connected-world-blog/02f35769-52bf-461c-b1d5-06e54a58d298 Please mark as answered if this answers your question

Using a Surface RT ... Photo app version is 6.3.9431.0 on 8.1 preview and is 16.4.438.9288 on 8. Live tile is not working. Cannot select picture folders to view (ie facebook, skydrive,etc).

Really hope it's just a beta thing. Makes no real sense to cull the Facebook integration. Otherwise, 8.1 is pretty stunning.

I'm liking the features of Windows RT 8.1 quite a bit. One app, I haven't been able to make any traction with is the photos app. It isn't showing anything from SkyDrive and there doesn't seem to be any option to select it any more. Maybe it just doesn't work in this version, but I was looking forward to trying out all of the new slideshow stuff. Thanks, Corey

Why has syncing with Facebook been removed? Really impacts on the usefulness of this app. Is this just something that's been pulled from the beta and will return in the main release?

Photos App in 8.1 loses most of its best features e.g. Facebook/Flickr support...

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EDIT: October 18 – This has been edited to reflect the Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 official RTM/GA release.

I've just installed the 8.1 Preview on a desktop. EDIT: 10/17/2013-this is also true for RTM. The Photos App has changed:

No longer includes the ability to show images from Facebook, Flickr, SkyDrive

<10/18/2013deleted missing networked computers issue - for information on how to include content from supported Windows computers on a home network, see http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows8_1-pictures/add-network-folders-and-display-pictures-in-the/bf3252f8-9162-4129-8387-5367e24b5609 - note that many older versions of Windows are not supported and that there is no support for Linux based NAS devices>

Does have some new editing features

3. Live Tile functionality has disappeared.

Edit:6/30

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1_pr-pictures/possible-fix-for-photos-app-live-time-not-showing/e0eb3bb4-3e9c-4016-aa27-4a011ccc94a3 is what a possible solution is to missing Live Tile issues.

Edit: 7/04

Tiles are working, but images change only 1x per day. This needs to be a shorter period.

Barb

Windows Entertainment and Connected Home MVP

My Blog - http://digitalmediaphile.com/

Barb's Connected World Blog Reader Windows 8 App -

http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/barbs-connected-world-blog/02f35769-52bf-461c-b1d5-06e54a58d298

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2013-06-27T20:16:58+00:00

Using a Surface RT ... Photo app version is 6.3.9431.0 on 8.1 preview and is 16.4.438.9288 on 8. Live tile is not working. Cannot select picture folders to view (ie facebook, skydrive,etc).
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2013-06-27T18:28:41+00:00

Really hope it's just a beta thing. Makes no real sense to cull the Facebook integration.

Otherwise, 8.1 is pretty stunning.
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2013-06-27T18:18:45+00:00

I'm liking the features of Windows RT 8.1 quite a bit. One app, I haven't been able to make any traction with is the photos app. It isn't showing anything from SkyDrive and there doesn't seem to be any option to select it any more. Maybe it just doesn't work in this version, but I was looking forward to trying out all of the new slideshow stuff.

Thanks,

Corey
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2013-06-27T16:29:09+00:00

no one know what the plan is..

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2013-06-27T16:08:13+00:00

Why has syncing with Facebook been removed? Really impacts on the usefulness of this app.

Is this just something that's been pulled from the beta and will return in the main release?
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