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

Not a big fan of the new Photos app, it's basically useless. Not even any Skydrive integration! The lack of Facebook might make sense in the context of Facebook launching their own app, but even then, it was nice having all my photos in one spot and having the slide show appear on the live tile.

Thanks for the feedback, everybody. In Windows 8, we wanted to provide a way for folks to view their photos on other services knowing there would be few (if any) apps in the store at launch that would do so. Now there are many apps in the store that offer ways to view photos on other services and soon there will even be a Facebook app from Facebook. We’re confident Facebook will offer great ways to view and engage socially with photos on Facebook. We welcome Flickr to do the same. In addition, the People app still offers the ability to socially engage with your friends and even your own photos.

Nah, sorry Carmen, I fundamentally disagree. This is (meant to be) THE app for photos on 8.1 it should allow me to work with ALL my photos from any service from any storage location. Now if I want to view Facebook images, I have to go to the app (that isn't here yet), to view Skydrive images I have to launch that, to view Flickr, Instagram, etc. I have to launch individual apps. What happened to the vision of one place to do a task? What happened to the vision of simplifying and streamlining? This feels like a MASSIVE step backward to me.

After upgrading to w8.1 my photos app is no longer displaying pictures from my facebook or skydrive accounts. Anyone else noticed this?

My Photos app doesn't show ANY photos regardless of the fact there are photos; I also cannot navigate to a different location; this seems disabled. It also has removed many of the very useful features it used to have. I now cannot see all my pictures in one place; I now have to go to Skydrive to view those, Facebook to view those, Flickr to view those .... what a pain!

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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2013-06-27T21:54:15+00:00

Not a big fan of the new Photos app, it's basically useless. Not even any Skydrive integration!

The lack of Facebook might make sense in the context of Facebook launching their own app, but even then, it was nice having all my photos in one spot and having the slide show appear on the live tile.
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2013-06-27T23:33:44+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, everybody. In Windows 8, we wanted to provide a way for folks to view their photos on other services knowing there would be few (if any) apps in the store at launch that would do so. Now there are many apps in the store that offer ways to view photos on other services and soon there will even be a Facebook app from Facebook. We’re confident Facebook will offer great ways to view and engage socially with photos on Facebook. We welcome Flickr to do the same. In addition, the People app still offers the ability to socially engage with your friends and even your own photos.
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2013-06-27T23:38:22+00:00

Nah, sorry Carmen, I fundamentally disagree. This is (meant to be) THE app for photos on 8.1 it should allow me to work with ALL my photos from any service from any storage location.

Now if I want to view Facebook images, I have to go to the app (that isn't here yet), to view Skydrive images I have to launch that, to view Flickr, Instagram, etc. I have to launch individual apps. What happened to the vision of one place to do a task? What happened to the vision of simplifying and streamlining?

This feels like a MASSIVE step backward to me.
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2013-06-27T23:43:56+00:00

After upgrading to w8.1 my photos app is no longer displaying pictures from my facebook or skydrive accounts. Anyone else noticed this?
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2013-06-27T23:44:21+00:00

My Photos app doesn't show ANY photos regardless of the fact there are photos; I also cannot navigate to a different location; this seems disabled.

It also has removed many of the very useful features it used to have. I now cannot see all my pictures in one place; I now have to go to Skydrive to view those, Facebook to view those, Flickr to view those .... what a pain!
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