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

I've got to say that Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 have certainly both lost their direction. Instead of having this brilliant idea of "hubs," where all related data goes, MS is going the direction of being just another app launcher. If that's the case, why would I buy a Win8 device over Android? Or iOS? I fully expected the messenging hub to be able to integrate WLM/FB/Skype/Gtalk/etc.... with an open API. I expected the photos hubs to pull in from flickr/FB/Skydrive/Twitter. It seems like the only differentiating feature with Win8 now is live tiles and a desktop mode that is difficult to use on the desktop anyway. MS, get it right already! Go back and fix this!

Barb, thanks for the clarification. I did choose Skydrive as my default storage. So how to I point the Photo app to look in Skydrive? I is only looking at "This PC". Also, doesn't answer 1 contradict answer 2? Please advise.

But, you can add skydrive and network locations by using the library feature and adding it there. Right click on the library you wish to change, select properties, click add and select your network drive and sky drive location. You may need to rebuild the index by going to the search charm type indexing options, advanced, rebuild. For me what happens is if I am to search for a partial name of say a music album, the search charm will come up with a result in less than 5 seconds for a network album. It even lists an option to play the album, so Windows is aware that this album exists, its just the newer Photos/Music/Video apps don't list them for whatever reason.

Ok, so when is this basic functionality coming back? The app is pointless and useless without the integration. Time for Microsoft to listen to it's customers....

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

Barb Bowman 80,805 MVP Volunteer Moderator

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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2013-07-10T16:04:24+00:00

I've got to say that Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 have certainly both lost their direction. Instead of having this brilliant idea of "hubs," where all related data goes, MS is going the direction of being just another app launcher.

If that's the case, why would I buy a Win8 device over Android? Or iOS? I fully expected the messenging hub to be able to integrate WLM/FB/Skype/Gtalk/etc.... with an open API. I expected the photos hubs to pull in from flickr/FB/Skydrive/Twitter. It seems like the only differentiating feature with Win8 now is live tiles and a desktop mode that is difficult to use on the desktop anyway.

MS, get it right already! Go back and fix this!
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2013-07-10T15:58:43+00:00

Barb, thanks for the clarification. I did choose Skydrive as my default storage. So how to I point the Photo app to look in Skydrive? I is only looking at "This PC". Also, doesn't answer 1 contradict answer 2?

Please advise.
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2013-07-10T11:53:34+00:00

But, you can add skydrive and network locations by using the library feature and adding it there.

Right click on the library you wish to change, select properties, click add and select your network drive and sky drive location.

You may need to rebuild the index by going to the search charm type indexing options, advanced, rebuild.

For me what happens is if I am to search for a partial name of say a music album, the search charm will come up with a result in less than 5 seconds for a network album. It even lists an option to play the album, so Windows is aware that this album exists, its just the newer Photos/Music/Video apps don't list them for whatever reason.
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2013-07-10T08:24:15+00:00

Ok, so when is this basic functionality coming back?

The app is pointless and useless without the integration.

Time for Microsoft to listen to it's customers....
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